Kyoko has smiled at you! I don't look quite like this girl, but nonetheless it is a cute picture. I wanted to put something nice at the top of your page. I got your mail and you will probably get a reply later today or tomorrow. --Kyoko16:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you very much for this and elegantly defusing what may have been a delicate situation. All these new buttons are a little daunting so I am off to do a little light reading. Thanks for your support and I will do my best to ensure it isn't misplaced. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk12:22, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yah, now to have a crat actually do it! Who says we don't need more of them? Now, if only someone would step up to the plate and change that... ;) ~ Riana ⁂21:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm doing the best I can. Still, I was hoping that I'd pass so I could roguely re-promote you without you asking. Terrible fun that would have been, eh? :P EVula// talk // ☯ //21:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe! I can tell you a certain unnamed crat threatened to do that before :P Aw, I really should have timed this better so that I could be your first promotion. Hopefully nice and uncontroversial. :) ~ Riana ⁂21:55, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can help. Ahem, "Hello Riana. Please give me a {{subst:smile}}, because I reverted the vandalism by the vandalism only account Alison (talk·contribs), and I feel that my hard work to protect Wikipedia should be acknowledge in the form of a {{subst:smile}}, so do it with no delay, otherwise I shall alert administrators to your incivility" :P Will(talk)23:55, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
u iz hav bad gramer i cleerli steted dat i will get dem zyzops onto raina not dese amdinzitrtertorz u speek of jezzshsh :P Spebi23:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"I went to Riana's userpage, and all I saw was a stinking walrus!"... Has a nice ring to it. Think you can get us some T Shirts printed up? :D Ariel♥Gold04:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are still here. Last time I seen ya you had left. Glad to have ya back! I need some help with a F-UR. Everyone keeps saying the way I write them isn't "correct".
My version: (took it out because it was messing up the page.
Heya! You need to write the article name that you're going to use it in. I did an example over at the Boise Station logo, have a look at that? :) Cheers, Riana ⁂ 21:02, 22 December 2007
Ah....see, that makes sense to me. Thanks! :) I wish I knew you were around about 2 weeks ago, I could have used this then. Thanks again! Take Care and Merry Christmas...NeutralHomerT:C21:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you believe that the permanent semi-protection on the WNAZ-FM article is necessary? Perhaps the offending user has given up on it and we can remove the semi-protection now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhinz (talk • contribs) 04:27, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merry Christmas, my friend. May this find you in good health, good spirits, good company, and good finances. If any of these be missing, may God see fit to restore you in good time. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 05:13 25 December, 2007 (UTC)
Greetings! I have begun creating Portal:Bulgarian Empire and as I have no idea how to create a portal, I totally messed everything up in the selected articles section and I don't know what to do now... I have seen that you have done great work on Bulgaria portal with Daniel and I hope that you will help me to cope with that: ) Unfortunately I somehow feel that I am going to face other problems too... Best, --Gligan (talk) 11:38, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Riana, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind support on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (72/19/6).
Now that I am a sysop, do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.
Sorry 'bout the late response, went away for a bit! It's possible to create a new user account while you're logged in - go to create account now and you can do it yourself. Perhaps he put the wrong name in, or he's doing it for a friend, I dunno :s ~ Riana ⁂13:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't know that :S I thought it had to go through the Request an account thing for anons who couldn't sign up for whatever reason...
Just for knowledge... why are presenters believed notable? I'm not talking about Georgie specifically, just in general? They've just been roped in to present a show, why does that make them notable enough to warrant an article? Thanks,-xC-05:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK dude, I just sat here and laughed shamelessly for about 5 minutes looking at that. Especially the before and after shots, it's fucking surreal. What a champ. ~ Riana ⁂07:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We already have an AusPortal (TM, Ltd, subsidiary of the AusCabal) so I think it's safe to assume that Riana's more addicted to that than a random non-notable Bathrobe cabal...whatever that is :p --DarkFallstalk09:36, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Never wanted to join an organisation made out of half-naked and drunk lunatics in the first place... :p AusCabal is the only true organization which allows you to keep your clothes on and have fun... (You never know, it might just happen) --DarkFallstalk09:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On a personal note, thank you for everything this year Riana. :) Also, congratulations on getting your admin rights back: I am glad you're one again. However, had you decided to re-run RfA, you can rest assured that you would have received a very strong support from me. Best wishes. Acalamari04:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And many Happy New Year returns from me too! Thank you for your lovely message - here's to a GR8-08 for all of us goodies.--VStalk02:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't remember from 11pm onwards on NYE but my friends assure me I was there so I must have had a great time. I hope you had as much fun as I think I had! And while I'm here can I just say Happy new year to everyone, because I think this talk page gets comparable traffic to any other noticeboard. James086Talk | Email07:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Well I'd missed you getting the "bit" back so firstly - great, pleased to see it. Then - obviously - thanks & hope 2008 is good for you. Regards --Herbytalk thyme10:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hope you had a magical new year, too, and I hope this year brings all the best things to you as well :). Best regards, Qst11:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ooh, I'm so behind on Wikipedia, I didn't realise you had got your adminship back until I saw you blocking a vandal. Congrats :) Qst12:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Riana! I know this is 36 hours late, but Happy New Year! I still see you around sometimes, and I want you to know that your contributions are very much appreciated. Kind regards, David Cannon (talk) 12:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Dear Riana, on behalf of my snow-buried Canadian region of Ottawa, I would like to wish you a Safe and Happy New Year 2008. JForget02:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, you have admin rights on commons, na? Can you please delete the older revision from this diagram? (I know its too loud, don't comment on it :-P ) Thanks in advance. And have a great time in Melbourne! --soumtalk14:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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A belated thanks for the wish and a very belated New Year wish to you. I've really not been actively editing on Wikipedia for quite some time now - so kinda missed what was happening on your front. From the messages here, I can make out that you're back as an admin. Well, I'm glad you are. You can't know how glad... The world is a better place because of you. Shoot - Wikipedia's a much better place because of you. :) aJCfreakyAk11:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I am recreating the categories and templates that you deleted per MfD. Don't be alarmed - I just want to make it a normal WikiProject and have no interest in edit-warring. Nice to see you are coming down to Melbourne :D. BalkanFever14:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Happy new year! Sorry I have been generally incommunicado lately - First my computer took a crap and I decided that with the amount of time my family spends online, it might not be such a bad idea to completely eliminate it from our lives entirely for a while. Then just as I finally gave in to my daughter's pleading and bought a new computer, work picked up big time for me and I haven't had any freedom to come back to work on Wikipedia. But now that the new year is starting, things have slowed down and I'm back to business. Hope everything is going well with you! Trusilver (talk) 22:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holiday season and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka07:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A request for your consideration regarding CAT:AOTR
I am leaving you this message because recent events have given me concern. When Aaron Brenneman and I, and others, first developed this category well over a year ago, we visualized it as a simple idea. A low hassle, low bureaucracy process. We also visualized it as a process that people would come to trust, in fact as a way of increasing trust in those admins who chose to subscribe to the notion of recall. The very informal approach to who is qualified to recall, what happens during it, and the process in general were all part of that approach.
But recent events have suggested that this low structure approach may not be entirely effective. More than one of the recent recalls we have seen have been marred by controversy around what was going to happen, and when. Worse, they were marred by some folk having the perception, rightly or wrongly, that the admin being recalled was trying to change the rules, avoid the process, or in other ways somehow go back on their word. This is bad. It's bad for you the admin, bad for the trust in the process, and bad for the community as a whole.
I think a way to address this issue is to increase the predictability of the process in advance. I have tried to do that for myself. In my User:Lar/Accountability page, I have given pretty concrete definitions of the criteria for recall, and of the choices I can make, and of the process for the petition, and of the process for other choices I might make (the modified RfC or the RfAr). I think it would be very helpful if other admins who have voluntarily made themselves subject to recall went to similar detail. It is not necessary to adopt the exact same conditions, steps, criteria, etc. It's just helpful to have SOME. Those are mine, fashion yours as you see fit, I would not be so presumptuous as to say mine are right for you. In fact I urge you not to just adopt mine, as I do change them from time to time without notice, but instead develop your own. You are very welcome to start with mine if you so wish, though.
But do something. If you have not already, I urge you to make your process more concrete, now, while there is no pressure and you can think clearly about what you want. Do it now rather than later, during a recall when folk may not react well to perceived changes in process or commitment.
Further, I suggest that after you document your process, that you give a reference to it for the benefit of other admins who may want to see what others have done. List it in this table as a resource for the benefit of all. If you use someone else's by reference rather than copy, I suggest you might want to do as Cacharoth did, and give a link to a specific version.
Do you have to do these things? Not at all. These are suggestions from me, and me alone, and are entirely up to you to embrace or ignore. I just think that doing this now, thinking now, documenting now, will save you trouble later, if you should for whatever reason happen to be recalled.
I apologise if this message seems impersonal, but with over 130 members in the category, leaving a personal message for each of you might not have been feasible, and I feel this is important enough to violate social norms a bit. I hope that's OK. Thanks for your time and consideration, and best wishes.
Larry Pieniazek
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...My guinea pigs and the "A"s through "O"s having felt this message was OK to go forward with (or at least not complained bitterly to me about it :) ), today it's the turn of the "P"s through "S"s! I'm hoping that more of you chaps/chapettes will point to their own criteria instead of mine :)... it's flattering but a bit scary! :) Also, you may want to check back to the table periodically, someone later than you in the alphabet may have come up with a nifty new idea. (I know yours is already up there but hey I didn't want you to feel left out!!!!) ++Lar: t/c04:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Riana, I'm sorry for not replying earlier, more about that in my e-mail. Thanks for the birthday wishes and everything else. I hope your roadtrip and your year are wonderful! <3 --Kyoko17:20, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
G'day Riana ... just a quick inquiry checking to see what progress you may be making on the design/construction of Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of Australia?? You'll see, from talk page and linked discussion, I have been recommending/promoting this project particularly to deal with problems, questions, and/or issues around Aboriginal mythology, religious beliefs, and current deities, gods & goddesses categorisation!! Cheers Bruceanthro (talk) 02:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, Riana! You've got mail, and also, about this comment about rollback, you forgot to mention that it prevents bad breath, comes with a money-back guarantee, and if you act now, you will get a lifetime supply of rollbacks absolutely free! Yes, I've seen my share of infomercials. --Kyoko13:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Aaah, you're right - and also, if your rollback doesn't give you rock-hard abs in 4 days, you can send it back and we'll refund you minus shipping and handling costs... Lotsa late night TV here too :P ~ Riana ⁂14:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there. Did you by any chance look at Template talk:In the news before adding Edmund Hillary back onto ITN? A few admins, myself included, have provided reasons why the item should not be featured on ITN. It seemed like the matter was put to rest. Nishkid64 (talk)17:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not the one causing the edit wars. It is a number of users, such as User: PeaceNT and User: Kloth. I have patiently and impatiently explained to them on their talk pages my full motives for what I am doing, please you go and explain to them as well; I need all the support I can get. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Uh uh, I'm not in your fight. Just trying to get you guys off recent changes reverting each other, especially you. Please watch out. ~ Riana ⁂07:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Especially me? What, is this some kind of rebirth of the Nazis? It would seem that way; I'm trying to clean up the encyclopedia from all that fancruft, and I'm being discriminated for it! What's more, the administrators are siding with the obsessed fans! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Tsk, Godwin's Law, honey. You lost. :/ Anyway, if you need help with the issue you can come to me, but the sensible thing for all users is always to discuss before doing something. Some of the South Park episode articles are even GAs, and their authors will not take kindly to you redirecting their hard work somewhere. Discuss always. ~ Riana ⁂00:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, that's one of the first few nice things I've heard from another user since this whole mess started. (Breaks down crying) This has to be one of the worst catastrophies I've ever started and/or participated in. Ever since I started up my account, I've done so much for Wikipedia, and everyone else makes it seem like so little. I've created eight articles, two of which got deleted, two of which got redirected, but four of which have survived - nobody's ever given me an award for article-starting. I've redirected pages, and merged pages, and helped other pages being considered for deletion or merging, to improve. I've also helped to soothe and stop arguments over the state of multiple articles. No one's given me a barnstar of diligence - the one award I want most of all. I've reverted vandalism and patiently as well as impatently explained to the vandalizers why what they're doing is wrong, and offered them some advice on what they can do instead. No one gives me an award for antivandalism. All they ever do is either gie me a brief thank-you; tips on how I can improve my ways, or criticism for my behaviour and/or treatment of articles. Now I even have users vandalising my page! I don't know; Wikipedia seemed like such a nice place when I started out. Now I can see it for its proud, cruel atmosphere, and the way it affects other users, and it pains me. To look back at how young, innocent and vibrant I was back seven months ago, and the way I am now; I can understand why so many teenagers commit suicide. Would never do it myself; that's the coward's way out, but... oh well; I shouldn't stand here on your usertalkpage blubbing like this while you have to listen. I'll be going now. And thank you again for what turned out to be your support. Thank you. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
*adds self, gives off evil laugh*....oh....wait...you weren't meant to see that. Oh well, I suppose I can't add myself now (element of surprise and all)...wait a minute....;) DihydrogenMonoxide00:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unprotected it, thanks for the reminder! ~ Riana ⁂ 04:31, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. 
Done :) ~ Riana ⁂ 02:37, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Recruit some people to AusCabal while you're there :) — DarkFalls talk 02:43, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
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