User talk:Riana/Archive 10
VASANT RAI[edit]Greetings Riana So this controversy about Vasant Rai! Vasant Rai was indeed a very famous musician who unfortunately passed away in 1985. If you go to his website, and go to the photograph section, there are photos of him playing a duet with Ravi Shankar. This is absolutly not a publicity act, just type his name on google and see who he was. Its comprehendable that some young indians may not know him, however here in the U.S he is pretty synonomous with the Sarod. As far as the fact that many musicians considered him the best sarodist is also true, as it is true with many musicians. thanks if you have any questions please feel free to email me at kaasamir[at]yahoo.com regards Anjana Patel While I don't doubt that Vasant Rai is certainly a well-known sarod player, I feel compelled to remind you about Wikipedia's neutral point-of-view policy. Statements like 'one of the world's best sarod players' should be avoided, as I'm sure that there would be many willing to dispute that claim. Since you seem to know a great deal about the subject, Anjana, do you think you can find some books, magazines, old newspaper articles, things that could be used to source the information in the article? Also, if some photographs could be acquired under an appropriate license to spruce up the article a little :) Thanks a lot! riana_dzasta 15:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC) WooT! Riana's back![edit]Hey, welcome back Riana :) Hope you had a great time travelling, and a nice relaxing break from the weird world of the wiki :P It's great to have you back. Thε Halo Θ 11:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Yay...[edit]You are back, how was your trip? this is Seadog, I wish you happy editing! Cheers! ~ Arjun 14:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Silver-tongued?[edit]Alack, no, Riana; my passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure honesty. You cannot call my winds and waters sighs and tears; they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can report. This cannot be cunning in me. If it be, I make a shower of water as well as Jove. Hmm, I see what you mean. Y'know, the great thing about this online communication is that I get to look up my Shakespeare adaptations, rather than have to deliver them completely off-the-cuff. Enjoy the reading and look after yourself as well. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 16:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC) VASANT RAI[edit]hey Riana (like your name) fair enough. I am in the process of attaching a few licensed photographs. thanks Anjana == = == Re: Howdy[edit]<smart-aleck comment about father-to-be omitted> :P At least you spell favourite right. :P The explosion is gone—a little Mozart for mental stress and Schumann for resulting headache (not to mention the actual Schumann article for wikistress, check its history after clicking next 50 :O [amazing]), and I'm back to my normal good self. :) So how did your trip go? Some day soon I will do a lot of traveling, after not haveing traveled much at all for a long time due to monilessness. ;) — $PЯINGrαgђ 23:25, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Hi Riana dzasta, just thought I'd flag with you that Palm Island is the current Collaboration of the Fortnight, with the great work you did on the Torres Strait Islanders Collaboration I thought you might be interested in participating, or even if you would just like to leave your opinion here as to what needs to be done :) Thanks, Alec -(answering machine) 14:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I feel bad that I didn't welcome you back earlier.[edit]![]() Hi Riana[edit]Nice to hear from you :), sure I guess. Talk to Husond, he knows all the details, Nishkid64 is also nominating me. So I would say sure...I would be honored. ~ Arjun 03:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Arjun01 Conom[edit]I would highly reccomend you co-nom Arjun01 as you had planned too. Many co-noms just shows the communities excellent trust in an editors. Actually, a very recent rfa with 7 conoms made WP:200! Arjun seems to have no issue with it as far as I can tell either. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 04:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
3[edit]I was obviously my 3 third. Everyone could see it from the RfA. I didn't want to be redundant.--Patchouli 08:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Your RfA:[edit]Hello. Haven't talked to you in a while, but thought I'd take you up on your remark that you'd need a couple of months before being renominated. Well, here it is & you can't possibly break my heart by saying no a second time... I think you've improved even more so over the passed few months, as if you weren't admin material back then. please don't fear rejection, but say; "I am ready to join the cleaners..." :) Look forward to talking to you... Spawn Man 10:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I think I either co-nominated her in Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana dzasta or was going to. And that means my co-nomination in Riana_dzasta_2 will be one of the first! ;) (Unless it happens while I'm asleep.) — $PЯINGrαgђ 20:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Hang on! Look at all the work we've done! I've been working towards this with Riana for months! :-P Glen 21:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Aww... So I don't get to nominate her then? Riana, some, if not most, admins have periods of inactivity. That doesn't mean you shouldn't become an admin. Some admins I know (some that I even got to adminship!) don't really even take part in sysop activities at all. You should really go for this one. Also, where did my nomination go? I spent a while writing it out & then someone reverted it. Gosh, if someone else really wants to nominate her that badly, i'll just co nom then I guess....... :( Think about it anyway... Spawn Man 23:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Wow, what a rabble! :p If it's OK with everybody, maybe Glen, Spawn Man and Sarah can do the honours this time around? Glen 'cause he's been such great help during my admin coaching, Spawn Man because I don't want to break his heart :) and Sarah because she definitely seems to be something of a lucky charm (even though I doubt I'll get anywhere near WP:200). A lot of users I really look up to have offered to co-nom, which is very humbling, and I'm very grateful to all of you :) Can we not transclude this thing until next week, though? riana_dzasta 04:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Maybe leaving?[edit]My best friend on Wikipedia just left & I'm kinda depressed. Don't know if I'm gonna stay here. All my "friends" never message me cause they're all too busy. I've just realised nobody likes me on here anyway, so what's the point of staying. Just letting you all know. I've already written a nomination in the template link up there, but I guess it doesn't really matter now... Don't know what I'm doing right now, so yeah, I don't know... Spawn Man 07:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC) you've got mail[edit]Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I e-mailed you earlier. --Kyoko 07:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
No problem[edit]Bad Riana! Indefblocked users are not supposed to edit until they get unblocked! Someone did that to me once: less that an hour later I had the very great pleasure of applying the indefblock template to their userpage for real. Lol, that was one heck of a "revision": having said that, the article still sucks anyway. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 18:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Hey you![edit]I wasn't exactly disagree with you on Cool Cat's RfA. I just , well, I think he's made a lot of contribs, and isn't cut out for admin, but that's my opinion. I know it was just an example. *hugs* And how are you? I haven't heard from ya in a bit. --ElaragirlTalk|Count 08:06, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Hmm...[edit]I am not so focused on making WP:100 I am focused on passing the darned thing lol :). What have you been up to Riana? ~ Arjun 23:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC) Note to people dropping by[edit]Gimme a buzz if you're any good at HTML/CSS and you can tell me what's going on here - why's the TOC appearing in my welcome note, and how can I stop it from happening? The welcome note's here. Cheers people! riana_dzasta 00:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
What a rash question...[edit]Hi Riana, sorry for the delay, I was looking at some pages and I found Dermatosis as an example of something that uses the disease template, and I suppose it could describe rashes too. I guess if it's good enough for that page, it's good enough for whatever you were thinking about. --Kyoko 12:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
C'mon, when do I get to support the RFA? Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 13:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Not Sleepy Yet?[edit]Hey Riana, I just remembered that Australia is pretty far away from where I am. How many -time zones? Somewhere around 5 or 6? That would make it really early at about 2 or 3:48am. I guess I won't be seeing you online today much longer! lol RyGuy Sign Here! My Journal 13:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC) Yep[edit]Actually I've started drafting it - but wasnt sure when you were back. Since you obviously are I will get it done (but allow me about 24 hours as Im about to head out to work) Talk soon! Glen 19:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC) ![]() Is this IP's edits, by chance, yours? Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 03:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Riana, I have the pleasure and honour of nominating you for adminship. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana dzasta where you may (of course) accept or decline the nomination :) Please let me know either way as I would love to have the first !vote! :) Glen 06:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks everyone for completely discounting my first nomination which was going to be superimposed after Riana accepted. The real kicker was that Glen even used my support wording exactly "Nominator support of course!". I'm really happy for you Riana, but I'm far to angry right now to give my support. I'd rather not make any rash descisions so I'd like to stay out of this whole nomination right now. The last thing I need right now is a argument... Thanks, Spawn Man 21:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Hey Riana, you'll never guess what I thought of. :P — $PЯINGrαgђ Valentine's Day admin! 20:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Hey![edit]
Good luck Riana. I'll be checking your RFA often. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 14:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
A Bit More[edit]That's just it, from how it seems, I don't think you did anything wrong in that situation, but rather that Freaknurture was at fault. You shouldn't apologize when you did nothing wrong. Maybe that was my bad feeling, you seem to be an incredibly nice person, but that situation makes me believe that you might be a "pushover". It's a delicate balancing act doing what's right while keeping your cool. It seems that very few admins have that, but you've got the latter, which is alot more important if you have to choose one or the other. Just H 03:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Back![edit]Hey, sorry I've been gone for so long! I went away for a bit when my computer died, and for a little while even before then, but I've been gradually easing myself back onto the intarweb ever since; that includes ripping in to Larry Sanger, which has been an interesting experience that has thoroughly put me off any other project but Wikipedia for the moment. I'm really happy to see that you've finally gone for an RfA, and especially that it's going so well. I just wish you'd emailed me first, so I could co-nom... :) Bah, I'll just
At this rate you'd reach WP:500, although the voting generally slows down quite a bit after the first couple of days. Congrats! —Doug Bell talk 11:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you![edit]
Archived stuff midway[edit]To save everybody some unpleasantness, I've archived 2 sections here... if you're feeling nosy, it's in the history. riana_dzasta 11:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC) It's nothing :)[edit]Not any more than I am. :) (I think since Sunday I've slept a total of only about fourteen hours…it's a good thing I'm usually more tired on ten hours a night than four. Strange, but good.) ;) — $PЯINGrαgђ 01:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Smile![edit]![]() – Lantoka (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! I'm sorry that things aren't going better for you and SpawnMan. Don't get too discouraged... you're about to make administrator by a huge margin and you're surrounded by a ton of great friends. I'm sure things will turn out just fine. =) – Lantoka (talk) 06:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Sorry[edit]Sorry to have carried on on your talk page. Between this, your RfA and your personal life you must be pretty stressed by now and I'm sorry if I contributed to it in anyway. It was just too much for me to stay out of. By the way, let me be the first to congratulate you on making WP:100—especially since I was the first to predict it. Maybe that will relieve some of the stress. Take care. —Doug Bell talk 12:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi![edit]Just dropped in to say hi! We've never communicated before. In fact, I saw your user page for the first time after visiting your RfA! Anyway, best wishes. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
← (Reset) Talking about selected pictures, could Dwaipayan and you comment on this? Thanks! S.D. ¿п? § 21:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Chance of random duplication[edit]Ok. I get your point. So we have to remove FAs from Selected Biography pool, and also take care so that some selectd image does not appear as the representative image of a selected article/bio. Agreed. Anything more?--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Check your email. —Doug Bell talk 21:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC) B P Taylor[edit]I am but a lowly editor, lacking (at present) admin tools and skills. I give on AfD only an opinion as, on this article, did you. If the editor has made a genuine mistake - although I must say it is difficult to see how this could be - then ok, let him correct it. I have no problem with this - the article as submitted, while strange, was not offensive. As the nominator, I assume that you will make a comment on the AfD page? --Anthony.bradbury 22:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Portal:WB[edit]Hi SD! Nice image of the Indian Museum; would you mind keeping an eye out for other potential images to put into the portal? Thanks a bunch, riana_dzasta 08:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
← (Reset) Here's a compiled list of stuff not needed. Also, would you like to submit this portal for a peer review at WP:PPREV or directly nominate it at WP:FPCAN? Happy editing! S.D. ¿п? § 15:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that[edit]I just went to Jimbos page to revert the blanking of Spawn Man's statement of protest and saw that you'd already done it. Thanks. I don't feel right not leaving his statement intact—he's certainly entitled to it. —Doug Bell talk 18:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks[edit]Thanks a lot for improving the WB portal. You and SD deserve a BIG thanks....--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Just so you know:[edit]You've got a few emails from me. Enjoy reading them. Will (talk to me) 23:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC) West Bengal Portal[edit]Wow ... it was great to wake up to all the changes. The Portal looks fresh and modern. Thanks a lot for all that you are doing to brighten it up. I am still to get used to all the automated things. I know that for older people like me it would take a little time and effort but I will manage that part. In case I make a mistake somewhere I will get back to you for a fix up. Thanks once again and regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC) A question on your RfA[edit]Hi Riana, I put a fifth question on your RfA, and I would really like it if you would answer it. Thanks.--CJ King 01:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC) Very nice[edit]Hi! your idea of taking up an Indian portal and elevating it is great. You and SD can do it. Please let me know if I can be of any help. Portal:Kerala is neat, you can try that. Portal:Government of India is another excellent one. Portal:Himalaya region has great potential. Thanks a ton for thw work you are putting in WB portal, even during such a busy stuff as your RfA! Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[Reset] Here's a link to my reply. S.D. ¿п? § 00:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
RfA Vote Correction[edit]Oops! Sorry! I mistakely put Support when I changed my mind about your nomination and I forgot to put line through my neutral comment. I fixed it and Support is now the official vote. Thank you for catching it. :) Captain panda In vino veritas 02:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Big Note of Apology:[edit]I know this is probably going to do squat for my reputation now (Not that I ever really had one), but I thought I'd leave a note of apology to everyone involved in my recent actions. An explaination is in order too. First off, I had a bad real life situation, that I really don't want to talk about, on the day this all started. I shouldn't have edited on Wikipedia afterwards, but I did. When I saw the situation with Riana's RfA, it kind of set off a build up of unvented anger at my situation & it was un needed. My whole tyraid had very little to do with the RfA, but I guess I took it out on that angle anyway. The way I was handled could have been better, but I wont go there in threat of making this sound like a back handed apology. My apologies go to Riana, who was also having a real life crisis at the time too. Basically the whole thing was a misunderstanding & venting process which I involved you all in. In regard to the whole sock puppetry thing, I had told my brother about my problems in due trust & he went & did something stupid on here. I don't really know what else to say but sorry. If that & a little bit of hard work repairing relationships on here doesn't change your current view point of me, then I don't think anything will. So again, sorry if I've inconvenienced you guys in any way & I hope that over time you'll think better of me. I'd love if you guys could forgive & hopefully forget & I wasn't really in control of myself these past few days. Hopefully things can get back to normal. :) Spawn Man 06:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC) So yes above is the general sorry letter. However, I'm especially sorry to you Riana. I never should ahve taken my issues out on you. I'm sorry if you felt I was attacking your dad's situation, as it was never my intention. I didn't even know until much later. Having been in a similar situation by the sounds of it, I should have known to be more understanding. You're a young woman anyway, so I should have followed the laws of chivilry in any case. As I said, much of my drama had very little to do with your RfA. I'm sorry if my actions have tainted this great experience for you. I wish you well & although you probably wont want to immediately, I hope we can continue being friends at a later time when this thing has calmed down a bit... Thanks Riana... Spawn Man 06:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Thanks[edit]Things seem to be working fine. No problems yet. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 07:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Howdy![edit]You're back! And you're currently running an RfA! Damnit, I need to go around and let people know that if they ever do RfA they are to tell me so I can support them. It's kind of an ugly place sometimes, which is why I don't keep very good track of it. Anyway, I am well! I just registered for the French language Wikipedia today, which is making me very nervous. My French isn't so great, and I certainly don't know a lot of the technical terms. Plus I'm terrified of using English edit summaries by accident. And, uh, real life is good, too! Swamped at work and currently enjoying a delightful ice storm in my part of the world, but I have lemon ginger tea and constant access to the internet, so it's not too bad. I hope you're doing well! I'd wish you good luck with the RfA, but it seems you don't need it. Cheers! -- Merope 18:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Not quite so excellent[edit]I'm glad to hear about your timetable -- it sounds to me like you have WAY fewer contact hours than I do (I'm currently sitting at 23 hours/week). Lucky to have so much free time. :( Actually, I'm a little worried about that. My timetable sucks to the point where I may have to quit my after school care job, which would suck all the more because I really like working there. :( On the plus side, it's market day today (O-week rocks!), and the Apple stall people gave me two iTunes cards just for having my iBook with me. So far, that brings the total I've ripped Apple off since starting Uni to $10.14, but I'm working on that. I should probably go do something productive. Talk to you soon! :) Oh, and I'm glad to see your RFA is doing so well! Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 00:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the Kind Reminder :)[edit]Hey Riana, thanks for the kind reminder! Apparently he believes this is constructive criticism :P. I'm not taking the bait anymore though. Seems your RfA is passing with flying colors as well!¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC) Mail you have. --Kyoko 00:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
David Slava[edit]David "Slava" Axe is definitely one of the more humorous and entertaining articles I have come accross. However, it is nonsense like this that helps take away the credibility of wikipedia.--ChesterMarcol 01:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC) |