User talk:Riana/Archive 38
Note about second proposal related to restrictions of Gp75motorsports and Blow of Light[edit]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) More Gp75motorsports issues[edit]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) Village Pump table of contents problem[edit]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)
User Request[edit]Do a barrel roll! Cheers, Dfrg_msc 04:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Adelaide Wikimeetup 3[edit]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) Hi Riana...[edit]...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) thanks[edit]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)
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)
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)
Howdy[edit]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) Special note[edit]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) Hope you're enjoying yourself...[edit]on your holiday, but have you come back early? [1] :) Qst 22:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
What I tell you?[edit]Tendulkar got sawn off. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
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)
You have one. :) Acalamari 21:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Leaving WP[edit]Dear Riana, 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) 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 -
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) 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) -HI Riana[edit]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
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) 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) 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)
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)
Some of the new Ghana ones arehere ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 14:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
OTRS needed?[edit]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)
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)
It's about time![edit]Hello Riana! It's me! I just dropped by to say 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) Not leaving[edit]Hey there Riana,
Thanks for your help,-xC- 13:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC) Impersonators and WP:DENY[edit]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) Wikipedia Weekly Episode 40[edit]![]() Wikipedia Weekly Episode 40 has been released! .mp3 and .ogg versions can be found at http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/01/24/episode-40-wikipedias-genetic-makeup/, and, as always, you can download past episodes and leave comments at http://wikipediaweekly.com/. For Wikipedia Weekly — WODUP 05:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC) If you do not wish to receive such notifications, please remove yourself from the list. Riana[edit]IRC now pls! >:( Mike H. Fierce! 12:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
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My Rfa[edit]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)
Bollywoodblog images[edit]So? Have there been any new developments or should we be speedying them right away? Sarvagnya 23:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC) Recent mass deletion of Bollywood blog images[edit]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) I am wondering...[edit]How this helps the encyclopedia? Can you please tell me? miranda 02:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
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) Welcome to the Jewish cabal :P[edit]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)
Tristan da Cunha[edit]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)
WikiProject Alternative music January 2008 Newsletter[edit]
You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up for WikiProject Alternative music. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or would like to receive it in a different form, add your name to the appropriate section here. This newsletter was delivered by the automated xihix(talk) 00:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC) . A little question :)[edit]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)
Devendra[edit]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)
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) Knut[edit]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)
Coaching[edit]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)
Take a look at GPs recent talkpage activity, will ya? Avruchtalk 00:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC) BRC[edit]C'mon...you know you wanna. GlassCobra 08:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Adelaide Wikimeetup 3[edit]
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! You are receiving this message because you are in Category:Wikipedians in South Australia or are listed at WP:ADEL#Participants. If this has been sent in error, please accept our apologies! On behalf of Riana ⁂, 11:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
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)
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Thanks[edit]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) You have one. :) Acalamari 19:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you[edit]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! :) Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 01:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
(sorry, if you're a guy!) Mr. Nothing 02:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
![]() Basketballone10 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! 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)
Average White Band?[edit]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) 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) Thanks[edit]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)
User talk:208.111.2.79[edit]Whoops! LOL, I guess we were protecting at the same time, and [3]. - Rjd0060 (talk) 17:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
ArchTransit RfC[edit]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 BC 19:26, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Working Group login[edit]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)
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