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This is Riana's 38th talk page archive, dated 14-Jan-08 to 8-Feb-08. Please don't leave comments here; try this instead!

Happy (Old) New Year!

Two weeks too late, you say? Not in the Julian calendar!
Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The design of this almost completely impersonal (yet hopefully uplifting) message was ripped from you!

Note about second proposal related to restrictions of Gp75motorsports and Blow of Light

As someone who gave your input into my initial proposal, would I be able to respectfully request your input into a secondary proposal which addresses issues related to the restrictions placed on Blow of Light specifically? Your input into gathering consensus at this discussion would be much appreciated. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

More Gp75motorsports issues

I'd like your input at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Enforcement? in regards to this user. He's already violated the topic ban three times since you placed the ban on his talk page. The edits he has made that don't technically violate the ban are also unconstructive. Metros (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Village Pump table of contents problem

It's at Proposals. The Level 2 headers are overlapping the table of contents. While the text is okay, the hjorizontal lines beneath it are overlapping the table of contents, making it look unkempt. Hey, at least I'm not commenting there, right? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 01:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it doesn't look that way to me - perhaps it's your screen resolution or something? :s ~ Riana ⁂ 03:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User Request

Do a barrel roll! Cheers, Dfrg_msc 04:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What, right now? In front of all these people? ~ Riana ⁂ 04:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, how come she got it wikilinked? *barrel rollz* Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hate to do it, but it's getting ridiculous. It's time to write WP:NOBARRELROLLS. Trusilver (talk) 20:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're just jealous because you didn't get a barrel roll :p — DarkFalls ^talk 21:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOJEALOUSY. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 13:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3

I'd love to attend. Would you believe I just returned from Adelaide only a few days back? I'm having some transport issues at the moment (one car down), but if my free time permits I'd love to join you all. Everywhere is a long drive from here :) -- Longhair\^talk 19:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Riana...

...good to have you back! I thought you'd gone!! At least you're still around, what articles you working on?? --Solumeiras ^talk 23:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

Thanks (or thanks anyway, since it's the thought that counts. Full points, despite being beaten to the punch) Cheers, Pete.Hurd (talk) 04:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha - no problems! ~ Riana ⁂ 04:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darsheel Safary

Hello Riana!

I wanted to create an article for the above mentioned actor, but the page is protected for some unknown reasons. I have already written the article itself and saved it on my sandbox. Could you please unprotect the article so that I can create it?

Regards, Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ~ Riana ⁂ 14:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! What do you think? Nice start, no? Thanks again, Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great work - much better than the previous versions :) ~ Riana ⁂ 14:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback request

Just to inform you that J-stan kindly filled in the 3rd opinion, and the grant was declined. Regards, Rudget . 16:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for the info. ~ Riana ⁂ 16:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy

Thanks for your New Years message! I did have a lovely, if demure, New Years. Best wishes to you in '08. Well done to yourself and Daniel with regards to the P:SA too! As for your Indigenous Australians project, did you manage to sort out the categories?--cj | talk 18:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Special note

A special note, to a very special friend: Thank you so much for your warm wishes for a happy new year. I've been out of commission with pneumonia, but when I returned and read through my archives, it brightened my day to see your holiday card. Thank you so much, and I hope that you had a wonderful holiday time as well, Riana. {{hugs}} Ariel♥Gold 19:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hope you're enjoying yourself...

on your holiday, but have you come back early? [1] :) Qst 22:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About a week earlier than planned, actually! It's good because I'm a homebody anyway :) ~ Riana ⁂ 00:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What I tell you?

Tendulkar got sawn off. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In a display of completely impartial umpiring, of course? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 01:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By a Pakistani umpire no less.....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's wrong with a Pakistani umpire? :) — DarkFalls ^talk 08:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So India did it. Now you have a reason to go watch the test this week. Should be a good match! Maybe I'll pony up for coverage. Mind you, I can't stay up all night watching cricket! -- Flyguy649 ^talk 14:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, although Australia was so lethargic it didn't even feel like we were playing 'em! Ah well, it's nice to be on top for a change :) ~ Riana ⁂ 15:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...and you call yourself an Australian :~( — DarkFalls ^talk 05:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

You have one. :) Acalamari 21:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied! ~ Riana ⁂ 00:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Back to you. :) Acalamari 01:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Leaving WP

Dear Riana,
You are the only person I am writing to before I leave Wikipedia. I see no reason to carry on here. The one article I think I have written that really might help someone in need has been completed (more or less).

I am leaving because of this blog post. As I knew since Feb 2007, Banker and his friends had been editing that article in a biased manner. A quick look over the history shows that I was the only editor that dared clean-up the article.

The vendetta reversions mentioned by Banker and his army were all bot reversions. The discussions on the talk page were by anon IPs discussing removals/additions by other anons. New users would come by every few days and add things that couldn't be verified. I would remove them and post on the talk page why they were removed, and then I have anon IPs spewing venom at me.

I format something, and I'm blamed for incorrect facts in the article. I posted on the article talk page that I would remove everything that might be a copyvio within two days. Unfortunately, the net was down and I left for a vacation with my family soon after. I come back, and I find yet another new user telling me how I should keep things real.

Am I in the wrong? I don't know. I'm not sure. I definitely should have stayed away from that article when I found out Banker and his friends were editing it, as I noted on the talk page. Now there is an external link on the article going to Banker's blog, which details how I am an abusive editor.

I don't want to malign WP's name any further, which apparently my staying here does. I'm no journalist. I'm just a student who works part-time, gets his grades, and tries to add whatever little bit of knowledge possible to Wikipedia. I was just trying to help.

Why am I writing all this to you? You were my admin coach at one point. You're a great editor and even better admin. More than all of that, you're one of the few people here that treat editors as humans, that make mistakes but can learn from them. The rest of this so-called community focuses more on its members and their screw-ups and less on article-writing.

I would like to apologise if I've ever troubled you. I would like to thank you for all your guidance. I would like to request you, if possible, to look over what has gone on, on that page. If possible, at all, to clear my name of this, I'd be indebted to you. If you find I am at fault, then its better I be gone. I apologise for the trouble.

I'm just rambling now, so I'll stop. Glad to have met you. Have a great future and happy editing,

-xC- 15:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind words. But I don't know... its like the Preity Zinta article... until my name is cleared out of all I'm accused of, I refuse to edit any article on WP.

If you have a look at the article page, the link suggested by Banker and his friends is [2]

Now lets see whats wrong with this -

Its all written in a single block. It needs to be in sections to be in line with manual of style for WP articles.
Phrases like "was earlier known as" and "well-known for his" - known by whom? where are the refs for these self-publicising claims?
the bibliography has around a dozen titles TBA (to be announced). Theres no place for these in the article, no crystal gazing on WP.
Half the external links cannot be accessed, or redirect to a blank page
Phrases such as "He's also said to be working on an " - who said he is working on them? where is the ref for this?
All the refs in the initial portion of the article are from 'Epic India .com', which is a site run by him. More importantly, none of them have any content on them. They just have the words 'epicindia.com' written. For example, 1 2
Therefore I don't find any reliable sources stating anything which has been mentioned as sourced.

Was I wrong in formatting the article and cleaning it up? Am I wrong in refusing this reversion?

I don't know if this is allowed within WP policy, but could I request you or someone else (I already requested Blofeld) to make the required changes on the article. Or please explain on the talk page why the old version couldn't be reverted?

On the other hand, if you believe the article should be reverted, please do revert it. I place full faith in your experience. Maybe there's something I missed regarding this particular article... I don't know.... its only been trouble.

Looking forward to your mail,

And sorry for piling this onto you,

-xC- 20:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've posted on the article talk page, explaining how I am not the editor to blame. They have clearly mistaken me for a whole range of IP editors and users who keep adding their own brilliance to the article and revert each other. From what I understand, I was the only editor who would reply to Banker and his friends on the talk page, and I was the person to whose versions the article kept getting reverted by bots. So they blame me for all of it.

Secondly, I wasn't at all involved in the copyvio bit. But since I was the person who replied to Ashwinblake (who incidentally has blanked the article more than 5 times), I get the IP venom.

It was my mistake to have been rude to the user on the talk page, but that was the same user who keeps reverting and putting in his/her own version in the article. Now we have Banker, his friends, his manager and main editor of his site epicindia.com all editing the article. I also have a blog post on the net which blames me squarely for everything wrong with the article, which has now been reverted to a Sept06 version.

I will talk on the article talk page as much as anyone wants me to, but I refuse to edit the article any further until there are more editors working on it. As of now its just a Banker reunion area and I'm the lone bad guy against all of them.

What do I do?

-xC- 10:46, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-HI Riana

Hi Riana a number of things I need you to help with. First of all can you create a PD-Italy template -it redirects at present. I've uploaded an image Image:Teatro Margherita.jpg‎ which is public domain and it needs fitting with a proper tag. Here is the one at Italian wikipedia =pre April 22 1941 is public domain

Pubblico dominio

Questa immagine è stata creata in Italia (o in territorio italiano) ed è ora di pubblico dominio poiché il suo copyright è scaduto. Secondo la Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633, modificata dalla legge 22 maggio 2004, n. 128 articolo 87 e articolo 92, le foto generiche e prive di carattere artistico, le riproduzioni di opere dell'arte figurativa e i fotogrammi delle pellicole cinematografiche divengono di pubblico dominio a partire dall'inizio dell'anno solare seguente al compimento del ventesimo anno dalla data di pubblicazione.

Nota: le fotografie considerate opere d'arte diventano di pubblico dominio dopo 70 anni dalla morte dell'autore.

Secondly I've made many agreements with flickr users to use the images for wikipedia. COuld you help sort the OTRS ticketing? Shall I send you copies of the emails,? Adambro never seems to be about to do it. I will be arranging a number of agreements with flickr users -would you be willing to help we get some of these fantastic images uploaded? ON wikipedia I'm currently developing articles on poorer but often exotic parts of the world where images make a huge differenve. Hope you are well -please respond, Blofeld ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 15:27, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks Riana. Can I send you the flickr messages by email? I've sent them to the OTRS permission at the commons but nobody has read them I think. If you could sort this asap this would be great. I;ve uploaded many images from places like Burma, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia etc but to wikipedia rather than the commons. I;ve noticed some people have already moved them to the commons but it would be great if I was in contact with someody such as yourself who could quickly authorize it. I'll email them to you anyway. Regards friend. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 15:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK I've emailed the messages to you. Thats all for now I think - many people seem to feel quite pleased about helping wikipedia. This is good to know! I;ve also asked somebody if we can use their Tristan da Cunha images but I;m awaiting confirmation on that one. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 15:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll process the lot over the next few days - if you've uploaded them to Commons, feel free to mark them with {{OTRS pending}}, k? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 06:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK no probs Riana. I've made another new agreement with a guy called Doug and he has tons of images from place slike Ghana which we are free to use images like this. I'll upload them OTRS pending for now cool? Best wishes Blofeld ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 14:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the new Ghana ones arehere ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 14:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Folks, I'm not certain those images are acceptable on Commons. Consider it:Immagine:Bari - Foto d'epoca del Teatro Margherita.jpg. Beneath the tag indicated above is a notice, "Attenzione: un'immagine con questa licenza non può essere caricata su Wikimedia Commons perché la politica sul copyright di Commons è molto restrittiva e l'immagine trasferita verrebbe cancellata." I understand little Italian, but I think it means, "Attention: an image with this license cannot be uploaded(?) to Wikimedia Commons because the copyright at Commons is more restrictive and the transferred image will be cancelled/deleted(?)".

At any rate, I tentatively agree with the assessment. Firstly, I am aware that PD-Italy images have been a source of difficulties in the past (I can't find an archive right now). Secondly, while the images may be in the public domain in Italy, they are not necessarily in the public domain in the United States due to the U.S.'s non-observance of the "rule of the shorter term". Remember that images hosted on Commons must be freely licensed in both the country of origin and in the United States (see commons:COM:L).

I can give some better links and explanations later (probably within 24 hours), but I am currently pressed for time, so this is all I can say now. --Iamunknown 07:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS needed?

Hi Riana, User:Minusbaby has uploaded the same photos from this Minusbaby Flickr account. Two days ago, I contacted the user through FlickrMail to verify whether the Wikipedia account was actually his (as opposed to an impersonator) and he confirmed that it was his. Should I send the transcripts to OTRS (perhaps for long-term historical purposes)? Spellcast (talk) 20:35, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it's sent! Spellcast (talk) 08:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aryan

Hi. You semi-protected this page back in May. Is it perhaps time to unprotect it to see if vandalism will now be at a "standard" minimum? Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 12:53, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep,

Unprotected :) ~ Riana ⁂ 06:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's about time!

Hello Riana! It's me! I just dropped by to say
Happy Australia Day!
I am back, and my edit rate will be steadily rising... :) Ryan ^{Got something to say?} 12:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane 2

Hey there. You've expressed an interest in attending this via Skype. If you're still interested, could you please give some input on the project page as to date/time, and we'll see if we're still going to go ahead with that. Thanks, Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 07:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not leaving

Hey there Riana,

I'm not leaving WP.
I've tried to explain the edit history fiasco to Banker in a post on the talk page - Talk:Ashok Banker.
The content removal he talks about were bot reversions of IP edits, which I was being blamed for. I've put them in and made a note of this on the talk page.

Thanks for your help,-xC- 13:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Impersonators and WP:DENY

HI. I just noticed this where you got rid of most visible signs of an impersonator of me. I think this is quite appropriate. I would like you to do the same (but probably not yet) for the other impersonators of me listed at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Qwerty of Man — but after the case is sorted and the dust settles. Possibly also for User:Senang Hati (impersonator), which is a mess, but is explained on the case page and in the links given. Comments in the meantime? Cheers, Jack Merridew 07:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Weekly Episode 40

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Riana

IRC now pls! >:( Mike H. Fierce! 12:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RIANA! >:( Mike H. Fierce! 07:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poor Mike is dying without you :) — DarkFalls ^talk 07:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aust Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with Australian articles Gnan garra 00:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Rfa

My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful, and I'll do what I can to ensure your opinion of my suitability for adminship improves. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 19:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bollywoodblog images

So? Have there been any new developments or should we be speedying them right away? Sarvagnya 23:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent mass deletion of Bollywood blog images

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Attn:Admins - cpvios galore and make any comments you believe appropriate to the situation. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 22:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am wondering...

How this helps the encyclopedia? Can you please tell me? miranda 02:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since you want to be funny, I will tell you what I meant in black and white. Lara made a personal attack on a user, which meant in the context of a small violin, which translates to "failing to give a person sympathy for a sad or tragic event" (i.e. playing the "victim card"). I reverted the edit because 1.) it was a personal attack 2.) I and many others wanted the drama to die down. However, since you reverted the edit with the claim "he's a big boy, he can take it" theory, you did not only inflame the situation, but allowed for more attacks to occur. I thought you would get this concept, but I guess not? And thus, I removed this comment from your page for you to think about your comment. Critical thinking skills, perhaps? Gotta love it when you are an admin...or not. miranda 04:41, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh please. The only reason you jumped into the conversation is because you have some sort of personal beef with Lara. And myself. And you can't let go of a grudge. I remember your 'apology' e-mail to me not one month ago. But that was fake, wasn't it? Just like you wanting "the drama to die down" - come on! You thrive on this shit. You're trying to bait me even now. And I have no doubt that the first thing you thought of when you read this was whether you should run to ANI. Please, be my guest. Just get rid of the holier-than-thou attitude, I prefer bitches. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And, that's where I will stop with this conversation. No more drama. Wikipedia is unstable enough. miranda 04:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm chuffed. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that explains why you luv me, Riana... I'm a bitch, but not the dumb kind! Yay! Lara❤Love 06:59, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Jewish cabal :P

Although you're not Jewish (nor am I), apparently you're now in the cabal with me. I think I'm now in so many cabals that I'll need to make a song just to remember them all. :P Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 06:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oy vey! ~ Riana ⁂ 06:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

/me huggles Riana so she won't leave the AusCabal. — DarkFalls ^talk 10:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm out. :( dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tristan da Cunha

Hi Riana I have received another email authorising us to use their images of Tristan da Cunha.

Chris&Steve at flickr. I realy have no idea which code was which with the OTRS ticketing with the other agreements and those images I uploaded are still unchecked,. With the sorts of people around on this site, I fear somebody will find a reason to delete all of these too. After all thats what happened with the bollywood blog ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^$1,000,000? 13:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^$1,000,000? 13:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Alternative music January 2008 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
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"I still have people come up to me like, 'I really, really liked your last record.' 'Oh, thanks!' 'Are you going to do "Loser" tonight?' I'm like, 'Look, I'm six foot six. Beck is five foot sex, all right?'"- Thurston Moore
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A little question :)

these images which are from bollywoodblog.com, but listed under Wikimedia commons, they have to be deleted as well??? If not, can we use them in the articles? Regards, Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If they're sourced from BollywoodBlog, they'll need to be deleted. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:08, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for the quick reply. I have only one more question. One image from Bollywoodblog was featured on Zinta's article, but was not licensed under bblog's license; it was a fair use image which was used to provide a critical commentary. Does it mean that it has to be deleted too? It wasn't a part of this bblog agreement. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, fair use is fine. A real shame that the supposedly free images aren't really so :/ so we'll have to make do with fair use until we find an alternative. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeh, that's very sad. All the articles look so empty now:(

I asked you because Sarvagnya had speedied the image, and then I uploaded another one. Now the problem is, the bollyblog image was elongated and this one which I uploaded after he had deleted it, is widened. the bblog image looked like this and now the new one looks like this... Can I upload the bblog image again? the bb image looks so much better. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you give me the deleted link? I could restore it and you could fix the licensing so that you could use it under fair use. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:51, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

this is the deleted link. I uploaded the new image using the red link which remained on the page. I worked very hard to expand the critical commentary in the rationale section. When I saw that the image is up for deletion, I was quick to save the rationale on my sandbox.:) Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, done. It looks a bit weird and stretched out right now (on my browser at least!) but I think it's something to do with browser caches, and other things that I don't understand. If you check back a little later it should look fine :) ~ Riana ⁂ 15:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I hope nobody tries to invalidate it one more time. Thanks again,:))

Looks stretched? Well it looks fine.. Yeh I guess it's indeed because of some browser probs. Oh these browsers! But it looks fine. Thank you:) Shahid • ^Talk2me 15:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Devendra

Riana did you bother to ask Devendra if he could provide a personal contact from the media company that we could fix the agreement with? Rather than emailing that media site did you think perhaps Devendra might have an associate you could reach personally?? I really think you should try asking Devendrea for this and if he refuses, then we might be more inclined to believe that he may have been lying to us. PLease respond to me because you don't normally listen to a single thing I say ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^$1,000,000? 14:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Devendra gave me the name of a contact, whom I did attempt to get in touch with. I find it rather saddening that you don't think I listen to you, when I've done my best to mediate this entire thing. I don't think he's lying to us, more that he's confused about our copyright requirements, which are more stringent than most sites. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A little less rudeness and more AGF next time please, Blofeld. "you don't normally listen to a single thing I say" isn't very polite. — DarkFalls ^talk 08:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well that means something. No I am always appreciative of you as an editor Riana and are pretty resilient of a lot of crap you have to deal with on wiki you know this and I have congratulated you for this in the past and I admire your tolerance. Perhaps I was a little frusrated at Devendra seeming not to be a liar which I thought you agreed with and having spent so long making the agreement and then having it blown out of the window you didn't so much as speak a word to me about it. Its just often you seem very quiet, I leave messages or emails which I feel are fairly important and I often don't get a reply -perhaps you are busy, yet to some editors you seem a lot more open and willing to talk -this is what I was referring to. You probably don't have the time which is understandable. Best regards ♦ King of Baldness ♦ ^$1,000,000? 20:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Knut

Why did you revert my edits on the Knut page? I thought it was embarrassing to Wikipedians and all members of the Wikicommunity that a featured article contained incorrect information. Are you attempting to sully Wikipedia's good name with your edits? 76.171.7.39 (talk) 10:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give you $20 if you can prove that Knut was an ice dog, mate. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 10:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He has paws and a cute lil nose. Do you want to wire me the money? 76.171.7.39 (talk) 10:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please do. But be warned, my paws and cute nose bite. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 10:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do what? You promised me money, please do not try to twist my words and otherwise deceive me. I don't feel you are taking this discussion (or the Wikiverse in general) very seriously.76.171.7.39 (talk) 10:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't be a silly sausage. ~ Riana ⁂ 10:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Based on your logic, I could say that Rihanna and Riana are the same person because their names both start with "Ri" and they're both human? — DarkFalls ^talk 06:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But we are, DarkFalls. D'uh! ~ Riana ⁂ 06:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/)[1] (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer and not so funny Wikipedia administrator." - I R mainspace. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coaching

I took a good look through my contribs and decided that my significant edits to this article would impress my coach. What do you think? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 11:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've created three articles so far. Trust me, I HATE that one, but just look at it when it was new! It makes me sick to my stomach... --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 11:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think we could use any more articles about go-kart engines, or are these two enough? I was thinking about an article on the world's most powerful karting engine, the Briggs World Formula, but I just wanted your input. Thanks! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 11:41, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at GPs recent talkpage activity, will ya? ^Avruchtalk 00:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BRC

C'mon...you know you wanna. GlassCobra 08:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Adelaide Wikimeetup 3

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Hi Riana - after some planning we've decided to hold the third Adelaide Wikimeetup on Sunday, 17th February, 2008. The meeting will be held at Billy Baxter's in Rundle Mall at 11:30AM. Further details and directions are available on the meetup page. Please RSVP here by 20:00UTC on 15th February 2008 (that's 6AM Saturday for our time zone) so that we can inform the restaurant about numbers. Hope to see you there!

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On behalf of Riana ⁂, 11:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 11:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What a very lovely and polite invitation. Of course I shall attend! ~ Riana ⁂ 11:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I wouldn't trust anything from that Riana chick. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 09:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe add a new section "Pretend that we proposed it on the Saturday, and do the same as above [the RSVP]". Add a giant red box to the top alerting people to the new section (those who arrived from the bot-delivered message), and we'll see how the cookie crumbles? Daniel (talk) 11:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Riana. Thanks for the update. Would have preferred Sunday; not a good sign that the day had to be changed because of ppl of a certain religious conviction dominating the whinging, but I still might make it... Donama (talk) 01:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Weekly Episode 41

Wikipedia Weekly Episode 41 has been released!

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If you wanted cookies...

Then pick your favorite! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 12:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The child in me says thanks. The grown up in me... *gorge* ~ Riana ⁂ 12:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the help with the unblock. I'll continue to patroll the pages frequently vandalised by my classmates to pay back for it. Saksjn (talk) 13:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

You have one. :) Acalamari 19:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, replied :) ~ Riana ⁂ 19:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for helping delete my page, Wikipedia:Presidential poll. I just poured so much effort into it, that I'm glad that you helped destroy it. Thanks! :) Basketball 110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 01:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Do consider changing your signature when you're not busy with such pursuits ~ Riana ⁂ 01:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, ma'am! Mr. Nothing 02:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

(sorry, if you're a guy!) Mr. Nothing 02:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry for my earlier actions, for I was EXTREMELY MAD, and had (as they say) "lost my grapes." I am sorry, for you were right.

Basketball one 1 0 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Basketball one 1 0 02:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:PreityZintakank.jpg

Hi -- I've been away for a while, and I'm still really on Wikibreak, but I had to check something and noticed the recent BollywoodBlog discussion. I know there's a non-free rationale for Image:PreityZintakank.jpg, but unless things have changed in the last few months, don't we still consider images of living people used to illustrate their articles as replaceable non-free content? Thanks. -- But|seriously|folks 05:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - but in the absence of a better alternative, that's the best we can do right now. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Average White Band?

I don't know what's happened, but I've just got two seperate comments, one from you, about a nonsense edit to a page that I know nothing about. I haven't seen the page, nor did I make any edits to it. Nobody else has had access to my computer... I'm not sure quite what's gone on here. 86.140.169.42 (talk) 12:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So it is! I didn't check the date, I just assumed it was recent as it came up on new messages. I do apologise. 86.140.169.42 (talk) 12:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the protection on PlayStation Home. I'll be glad when its released and the fuss has died down. - X201 (talk) 13:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, no problem. Let me (or RFP) know if it flares back up again! ~ Riana ⁂ 13:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:208.111.2.79

Whoops! LOL, I guess we were protecting at the same time, and [3]. - Rjd0060 (talk) 17:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*grins* Spot the hairy old admin who calls it 'twittery' and the new one who gives a proper review of the situation. :P ~ Riana ⁂ 17:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ArchTransit RfC

Would you mind posting the terms of mentorship that AT has accepted to the RfC? I think it would ease the minds of those of us who have grave concerns about his use of the tools. Bellwether ^B _C 19:26, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He hasn't accepted any terms per se, he's merely accepted mentorship and said he trusts me with the terms. This is my proposal for mentorship, and to be honest - it's something that he's going to have to accept if he wants to stay as an admin. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ryan. Even though you occasionally suborn deletion of the main page ;) I trust your judgement as well. Would you mind bullet point-ing the various terms at the RfC main page or talk page, for posterity's sake? Bellwether ^B _C 19:41, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Working Group login

Hi Riana, just letting you know I've sent an email (via the English Wikipedia email function) to you with details about your Working Group wiki login details. Be sure to change your password once you log in, for security reasons! If there's any problems with the login (passwords, username not working, or anything), fire me an email and I'll try and sort them out for you. Looking forward to working with you as a fellow group member! Cheers, Daniel (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spammer! ~ Riana ⁂ 06:11, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]