User talk:Phaedriel/Archive 16

Awwww... thank you! :)

I appreciate the flowers, but the most beautiful images you've given to all Wikipedia remain your gorgeous self-portraits, which I sneak a peek of whenever I need to be cheered up! ;) I've tried to return the favor by catching a candid shot of my kitty for you (it's the prettiest thing I have on hand), but he is not cooperating this morning, the rascal! So, I'll have to settle for sending virtual hugs! (XOXOXOXOXOXO) I know it isn't in your character; but, should you ever feel like suing someone, it's my treat! :) (I wish I were a baker, then I could offer free donuts instead...) You're adorable! Xoloz 17:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

File:Evil Bingo.jpg

Do what he says, and no-one gets hurt

She can have a pic of mine instead. Terms and conditions apply. Overlonged exposure has been known to cause uneasiness in humans. Not for sale in Utah or the District of Columbia. Offer expires 4th July, 2006. No income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee. Offer not valid to sysops of Wikipedia and their relatives. You may not sue in a court of law in Trenton, New Jersey. Why the hell are you still reading this? Get back to work! Will (message me!) 18:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Typing error

OMG! Major typing error there...if you can fix it, I would appreciate it. Combined with the copy-n-pasting I was doing, no wonder it looked and felt a bit off. Thanks for noticing...I will continue off and on. You have given me strength to continue now that my work in this dusty corner of clutter has been noticed.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 22:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Phaedriel...I am still working on clearing up that oversized category and have created a lot more sub-categories. What help I really need at the moment is for someone to go through the "U" section of that category and clean out all of the actual user pages that are in there because of templates that don't have the category wrapped in the noinclude tag. Those templates need to be found and fixed. I only have dial-up, so if a person has more than say 15 to 30 userboxes on the user page, it would be almost impossible for me to find the errant box quickly. If you could do that for me or point someone else in my direction who would be willing to do it, I would appreciate it greatly!
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 19:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Here is something that will help speed up your detecting, and if you already figured this out, please be kind. Look at the user's categories. When you see User templates, the errant box is usually the one that put the category before or after it. After that, it is a bit easier.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 22:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thank you

Thank you! Thank you, Lady Phædriel, for your support in my RfA. I am happy to be able to say that it has acheived a consenus of wikipedians, and that I will be assuming my new responsibilities immediately. I appreciate your trust and support, especially in that you took the time to investigate my record, and made your decision on such. I will do my best to further help this great encyclopædia and community of ours. If there is anything that you feel I can do to help, please let me know. Of course, I know you appreciate flowers more than airplanes, so please accept this humble nosegay in thanks, together with hugs, of course -- Avi 23:12, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks again

Dear Phædriel, many thanks again for your kind and caring words. Here is a picture of my cat, resting. He's so special, he just spills right out of the page! :) Your comrade, El_C 00:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Userpages barnstar

rant-line 00:39, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

For bringing life and vibrancy to the userpages of so many and being a beacon of hope to the encyclopedia, I award you this barnstar. Warm regards, Blnguyen | rant-line 00:39, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm on IRC usually when I'm editing. Thanks again, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:32, 6 July 2006 (UTC).

RFA nomination?

Would you be interested in becoming an admin and spread some wikilove around by cajoling editors to behave civilly, and when not agreable to use the mop and flamethrower? If so, drop me a line on my talk page. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 04:56, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

She declined due to personal issues about a week ago. Will (message me!) 20:22, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Holiday

Thanks for the message! It was a pleasent sight to tired, tired eyes. I wouldn't exactly put it down as 'a relaxing vacation', but I had a lot of fun (and that includes running from the sinister Bed & Breakfast we were staying at...). Sergeant Snopake 08:53, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm Back!!

My dear sweet Phaedriel, thanks for the kick in the backside - I'll get back to editing right away! Serriously though, the vacation was great, very relaxing, but the car ride back was about 8 hours, so I pretty much just fell into bed ;D Anyway, how have you been (five days is a VERY long time in wikipedia), what have you been up to? It's really good to be back, and really good to hear from you. Big hugs back, The Halo (talk) 09:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, how are you? I'm so sorry, I should have asked (stupid Snopake!), but I had a lot on my mind (collecting the pets from their cattery and kennels respectively - they always make such a mess). Sergeant Snopake 11:10, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear anonymous:

I would have normally posted this at your talk page, but since you appear to be using a dynamic IP address, I can't be sure if you'll read it anywhere but here. I have no idea what I have done to anger you so much, but I would have preferred if you contacted me to discuss whatever problems you might have with me. I can stand many, many things, and I have withstood all sorts of childish personal attacks in my time in WP; but to be accused of being a betrayer to my race, and to those things I deeply believe in, goes far beyond what I consider acceptable. Now, if you were simply the usual ocasional anonymous vandal, I wouldn't care - but you seem to be too well informed about my background and my contributions for that. Frankly, if you wanted to bring me down, news for you - you failed, because I can recognize the words of an Indigenous brother or sister when I see them, and hardly would one make a judgement like the one you just did. If you simply have a problem with El C or someone else I tried to cheer up, then why don't you just go ahead and say it. Furthermore, I invite you to discuss it privately with me. But whatever you do, please stop leaving the same message over and over in my Talk page - hardly anything positive will be gained from that. Peace be with you, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 09:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

What you did to me went far beyond what I consider acceptable, too. Peace be with me? No peace came out of what you help do to me. Only a lot of pain. And undeserved pain. 61.78.123.176 09:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

And how am I supposed to contact you privately? I won't use the link to email provided on the page. You'll probably never get it. 61.78.123.176 09:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Let's talk about it here, then, please. What did I do to you? By the way, telling me who you are would be a good start to work things out, because right now, I have no clue. The least I wish to any human being is pain, and even less to be the source of this pain. I'm all ears. Phædriel ♥ tell me - 09:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Illegitimi non carborundum

My dear, dear Phaedriel. I've seen the trouble that you've been having with Thewolfstar, and I just wanted to post here to remind you that she is but one. You have dozens of friends (and I am immensely proud to consider myself one of them) who KNOW that you are one of the kindest user on wikipedia, and we all are brightened and made happy by your charm, your beautiful words, your kind spirit, and your relentless wonderful contributions to wikipedia. As your friend, please, if you feel that you need to speak with someone about this whole ugly mess, feel free and welcome to talk to me. I will always be there for you, my friend. The Halo (talk) 11:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

He speaks for all of us, you know. Sergeant Snopake 11:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

He's right, you know! Werdna (talk) 12:38, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Right on, Halo. Will (message me!) 16:56, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Sometimes, even the blatantly obvious needs repetition. -- Avi 18:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to give my best wishes also, and doesn't ‘Illegitimus non carborundum’ mean ‘Bastards are not abrasives’? *is very obviously a la-0* ~Chris (talk/e@) 18:43, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I passed by (I had this user on my watchlist per a recent message) and saw the latin phrase comment; "Don't let the bastards grind you down" is the translation (not my own). Cheers all! hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 18:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Seems to date to WWII, and was used by General Joseph W. Stillwell.

• Israel, Mark (1997). "Illegitimis non carborundum". AUE FAQ. alt-usage-english.org. Retrieved 2006-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Sorry, I cannot help using wiki citation templates. I need therapy -- Avi 18:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I actually did a fair amount of research on this phrase about 4 or 5 years ago, and had saved it to a Word document. When I saw the title of this thread and couldn't immediately find it in a search of Wikipedia, I started writing an article on it in my userspace. Alas, however, we do in fact have an article at Illegitimi non carborundum. Oh well. :oP EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 19:39, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Trooping the Colour urgent

Dear Phaedriel, Firstly, thanks for saving this page, to which I have contributed a lot recently, from vandalism.

Secondly, I refer to some edits made on 2 July ( I think) by a party bearing the number 62.56.98.120. I do not have a user name.

Do you know who this person is and can you help me contact them? Or can you do so? They made an edit that is incorrect, substituting the expression "Dais" for "Base" throughout the article.

I refer you to the discussion page on Trooping the Colour where I clarify that Saluting Base is the correct term, NOT Saluting "Dais". (I was lucky enough to attend T the C this year and have the programme stating this in black and white.)

Please reply to me at the Trooping the Colour discussion page.

Many thanks for any help you can give. -- FClef 22:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I have left the IP a note and posted a notice on the article's talk page. If you can throw any further light on this I would be glad to hear from you on the article's talk page. Best. -- FClef 23:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for advice. I have made contact with the user and we've reversed the edits. -- FClef 23:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

My dear Sharon

It's simply impossible to say how touched I am by your beautiful, kind words. So here's a heart for a lovely Wikipedian and friend, a little something I had fun with in Photoshop. :) Have a wonderful Fourth of July! Kind regards, Sango123 23:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Flamenco A Go-Go, was selected for DYK!

On July 5, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Flamenco A Go-Go, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

I never would have done anything with that article if you hadn't started it! Thanks! ++Lar: t/c 04:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

The user on my page

Hiya, Phaedriel, I see you noticed the graceful apology for vandalism that a user posted on my page and went thank him for it, LOL. Thank you. Might you be interested in having this page Anonymous-Coward proofed? Bishonen | talk 20:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC).

Dia duit!

Thanks for the kind words, and tá fáilte romhat for the reversions! Sláinte! hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 07:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

What I did on my vacation...

Well, after bolting from the Bed & Breakfast we were staying at (because it smelt weird, the woman who ran it was creepy, and you weren't allowed to be in the house between 10 am and 5 pm - thank God she went to see her friend, is all I can say), we drove to Canterbury in search of a hotel. We finally found a Travel Lodge (which is like a motel) at nearly midnight, and stayed there overnight. The holiday was pretty much normal from there. the next day, we wandered around Canterbury, and found a hotel.

We went to Warwick Castle, Herne Bay, Hastings, an absolutely gorgeous town near there called Rye, another beach, which I believe was called Greatstone, and Hampton Court Palace. And the weather was splendid! I don't think it ever got below 30 (I forget how to convert to fahrenheit), and it once went up to 39! How are you doing? Planning to go on vacation yourself anytime soon? ;) Sergeant Snopake 09:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Yo! Seeing as you probably know Snopake's my sister (it's become an open secret recently), the above goes for me as well (She could have left me something to tell you >:( LOL). I guess that I can say that it was great getting back down south, because I was born down south, but we moved up to Yorkshire when I was about...4 I think...so it was great to get back to my 'roots'. Also I think you might find it interesting to know that part of the reason we went down there was because we love The Flipside of Dominick Hide, a TV programme in the early 80's, and it was filmed down there (does that make us sad nerds or what?) ;)

As Snopake says, we've had great weather, so it's wonderful to have some sunshine on my laptop as well! Hope you had a good 4th of July. Apart from working (poor you :p), did you do anything special for it? It must be weird having a day for celebrating independence... The Halo (talk) 10:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Clouds and stars

I wanted a cloud :( (but thanks for the star, anyway!)Will (message me!) 11:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

You're very very very very very welcome!

—this is messedr͏̈ocker (talk) 01:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much for the gift. Love, Orane (talk • cont.) 02:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

thanks ever so much

That message was pretty much the best thing I've gotten recently. Regrettably my recent lack of activity comes as the result of a rather strange accident which is taking a while to heal up, rather then temporary stress. I suppose I could be using the time to edit, but im going through my West Wing DVD collection instead, which seems a little less productive, but is endlessly entertaining. I should be returning here shortly, and just wanted to let you know I got your message before too much time had passed and I looked ungrateful. In hopes of a new friendship... -M^ask 03:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Favour

Phaedriel,

Hi. My name is Evan Robidoux. I was wondering if you could do me a tiny favour and review me. For the past few weeks, I have been wondering how I can improve on Wikipedia and I badly need the feedback. Just one thing I'd like you to keep in mind: there was this issue that I had with a vandal (User:68.96.23.7) that I believed I could help turn into a better user, but ended up failing miserably. I have a bad feeling that it may affect my WikiFuture. Please put this under scrutiny as you review me.

Cheers!

--Evan Robidoux 07:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Category:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America

Hi Sharon. As promised, I've given your WikiProject's categorisation a spring clean. This involved editing a few templates, removing some mainspace articles from the WikiProject category, assigning all the Project pages and templates I could find to Category:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America, and creating Category:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America articles and Category:Indigenous peoples of North America portal. You may or may not want Category:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America participants, if you do want such a thing all you need to do is add it to your user page templates (see Category:WikiProject The Beatles participants for an example). Hope that helps. --kingboyk 11:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Encyclopedist

How familiar are you with the events around Encyclopedist's blocking? If you're not very familiar, here is a very breif thumbnail of the side of events that I saw. I will gladly fill in any more details, though I admit to not having encountered him before the blow-up. - TexasAndroid 18:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for helping me so much

I am deeply sorry for the sins I have commited here. I hope my reëntry here will be sincerely welcomed. εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 19:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

E-mail

Please check your e-mail. Thanks! Johntex\^talk 22:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Again, please. Johntex\^talk 19:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Another user we wish would return

Abigail-II has been gone for two years (long before I ever joined the project), and I just came across her page a month ago. I don't even know what to say about it…sadly, it's more true than it isn't. I don't agree with her logic on all points, but it does make me frustrated when people revert (etc.) completely valid and necessary changes without using the talk pages—now I know that what may be frustrating for onw Wikipedian can be completely maddening for another, so for the larger part, I don't blame her.
Of course, I'm not preaching at you or any other Wikipedian(s), but it makes me sad when people leave the project because of other people.
In closing, I would ask that if you agree with Abigail's reasoning, to add her to the list of Wikipedians that we all wish would come back. —It's The Cliff! 19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

One other thing...

I need an archive table set up for when I start an archive (after 25 headings) and was wondering if you could do it for me. —It's The Cliff! 20:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thanks for the anti-vandalism barnstar the other day. As I hit 1000 edits (most of which are reverts and warns, plus a whole lot of spelling) I figured I'd let you know I'm suffering from Editcountitis and would like to thank you for your motivation in these past few days. --Draicone ^(talk) 22:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Star

Thank you so much for the star award. It really meant a lot to me :) Sorry I didn't get to this sooner, but it doesn't diminish my gratitude, pschemp | talk 04:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

How are you?

How are you getting along, dear Phaedriel? After all that stuff with Thewolfstar a little while ago, I just wanted to make sure you were doing okay. :) Sergeant Snopake 10:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Good luck with the Wikiproject & portal, they both sound like an awful lot of work! Glad your time at work is pretty calm at the moment, and I hope you have a really good and relaxing vacation - where are you planning to go? Sergeant Snopake 12:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)