User talk:Randfan/Archive03

                                   Randfan 19:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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Randfan 19:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome, and a warning

Salutations! Randfan, welcome to Wikipedia. I see you've been pretty busy already. Just a warning... While there is a lot of stuff in Wikipedia, the editors here try to keep it under control by placing limits on the things that can be added here. I see you've been adding a lot of stuff related to The Wheel of Time. While it looks like the book series is quite notable, some of the details from that series may not be. If you haven't already, I suggest that you read the policies of wikipedia, in particular, what Wikipedia is not. Perhaps some of the articles you are creating should stay in wot.wikia.com? Just a friendly warning... I'd hate to see your hard work go to waste. Rawr 01:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Regarding your comment retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_page...

I'm sorry for making the useless page; I was trying to find a way to clean up my user page... Youcan delete it. Randfan 21:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure everyone realizes you acted in good faith... Addhoc 22:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colourful Page

Hey dont know if it was ab accident or not :-S but my page is colorful now , its kinda cool, i reckon ill keep it :-) (Neostinker 16:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Chicken/Egg

Which do you think cae first the chicken or the egg? Why?

[edit] Pro-Chicken

The Chicken because an egg would not be able to survive by itself. Eggs need to be warmed by a parent, and when hatched they need something to take care of it, show it how to survive. - Mit kebes ^T 13:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

however, this does not state whether or not the chicken/egg came first. This is just the care-taking of an egg. Randfan 18:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

How would you abruptly get a chicken egg? Even by evolutionary standards, you don't just wait a long time and suddenly find a single chicken egg. How would it possibly mate without another of its kind? bibliomaniac15 03:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

A pre-chicken bird would still mate with its own kind- it just had a slight mutation that developed over time into our chicken. The genetic materials would be compadable with each other because obviously the evolution is an adaptation for the better so eventually all/most pre-chickens would have it. Randfan 17:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Chicken. But the egg could have poofed into existance... No, I'll stick with chicken.--SUIT⁴² 03:34, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pro-Egg

I'm pro-egg because the genetic material doesn'tchange from egg to its older form. Therefore the first chicken as we know it would have come from an egg (some pre-chicken bird layed the egg with a mutation in it that later turned into the our chicken). Randfan 00:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm pro-egg, but the real question is how do you define a chicken? The egg would have come first, but the point at which the egg contains what we call a chicken (instead of, I guess a lizard or dinosaur) would be hard to define.--Kyoko 14:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Kyoko 14:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC). I look up how we would define chicken.

for now I'll call it:

Gallus gallus, a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl.Randfan 18:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm pro-egg. How could a chicken come into being without an egg? Eggs were also around long before chickens.Hemhem20X6 15:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

How can you be pro-anything if you don't know why which came first in your mind? For us "eggers" the egg cae from some long dead species of bird or lizard. For the "clux", you'll have to just ask them... Randfan 21:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC) P.S. the nicknames could be better....

Silly question. Of course, the egg came first. It's what's for breakfast. Chicken is for lunch. Jcam 22:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Eggs predate chickens. Dinosaurs laid eggs. There were no chickens during the age of dinosaurs (indeed, chickens are descended from egg-laying dinosaurs). Ergo, eggs came first. --Jayron32 05:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indesicive or otherwise

The egg of a Red Junglefowl - I think the "chicken or the egg" thing refers to a chicken egg. Would you count that as the chicken (since it's not a chicken egg) or the egg (since it's still an egg)? --Friendly Porpoise 11:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The egg came first, but only after the chicken. haz (talk) e 16:54, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mole

Happy mole day everyone! ('specially "eggers" 'cause they're my group)

Sowhich came first the mole or the egg? Randfan 21:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The egg, silly! Avogadro came much much later. Let's see how many people understand! Rather of an inside joke. --Kyoko 14:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Now I get it. LOL Randfan 16:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

<randomness begins> Thank goodness for Wikipedia. And Science Teachers!

I am listening to Andrea Bocelli's Un Nuovo Giorno for the 6.02th time! x I started listening to it at 10:23, will probably continue until forever. Though, on second thought, NaH! Never mind. COt it3 — Editor at Large^(speak) 02:48, 25 October 2006 (UTC) The preceeding cryptic comment was added by an extremely scavenged user.

This is an explanation of the whole mole day thing, for those of you who don't get it:

I'm not talking about mole (animal), mole (sauce), or mole (skin marking). I was thinking about mole (unit), which is used in chemistry.

Have you ever looked at the Periodic table of elements? You'll see that for every element in the detailed version of it, they list its atomic mass. For example, hydrogen (H) has an atomic mass of 1.00794 (let's round that to 1), oxygen has an atomic mass of 15.9994 (let's round that to 16). That means that for water, which is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, you have 1 + 1 + 16 = 18 as its molecular mass.

There's this number called Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.022 x 10²³. The 10²³ part means that it's 10 multiplied by 10, 23 times, a huge number. This is equivalent to 602200000000000000000. Anyway, somehow scientists figured out that if you get 6.022 x 10²³ atoms of an element together, the whole bunch will have a collective mass of whatever their atomic mass is, expressed in grams. This would be one mole of the element. So one mole of hydrogen would have a mass of approximately 1 gram, one mole of oxygen would have a mass of about 16 grams, and so on. This works with chemical compounds too, so one mole of pure water or H₂O would have a mass of roughly 18 grams.

Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated by chemists in North America, on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×10²³.

And so you see what Mole Day is all about. --Kyoko 18:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cool signature

What seems to be the problem? I suppose we should ask how do you want it to look? Should it be very small, should it have color? Links to where do you want in it? No graphics are allowed anymore. (Respond on my talk page please) X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve) 07:05, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please don't copy content off my userpage

Please don't copy content off my userpage without my permission. Please delete that content, and the related content on User:PotatoMan01. Saying "please" is fun. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 18:53, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I suppose you can keep it. As long as you give me credit. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 19:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Fluffy, because fluff is awesome. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 19:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I found your page fluffy, too. Randfan 19:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Hooray for fluff! --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 19:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Come to think of it, would you please use your own vandal page, instead of mine? I just like that page only to be transcluded onto my page. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 19:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

(unindenting) Copy the following text to the page: <div style="padding:6px;"><center> <div style="height:100px; width:500px; overflow:auto; border: thin solid blue; background: white; padding: 5px; text-align: left"> . Then, after the space you want for vandalism, type </div></center> . To put something in that you only want displayed on the editing page, use <!-- (message) --> . --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 20:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I didn't expect you had sockpuppets anymore after you left the messages at my talk page. Sorry for any confusion. As for the colorful sig, I used to have one ( TheGreatLlama ^{(speak to the Llama!)} ), but that was over 200 characters, so I changed it, and I probably won't make it colorful again for a while. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 21:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Sadly, according to Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages#Length, signatures should not be more than 200 characters long. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 21:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, the llamas should revolt or something. --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 21:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Hooray for llamas! --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 21:31, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the barnstar! --The Great Llama^{(speak to the Llama!)} 16:31, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are you a fan of The Wheel of Time series?

Hi there, I looked at your username, then I looked again, then it occurred to me that you might be familiar with this fantasy novel series. If you're not, then you likely have no clue what I'm talking about. --Kyoko 16:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I enjoy the series, partly because I like catching the cultural allusions, and partly because it's fun trying to figure out exactly who did what and stuff. I do find that after book 4, Jordan's writing gets less and less concise. Combining this with the fact that I feel compelled to start rereading the series from the beginning whenever I get back into WoT, I've only gotten up to (not including) book seven. That was a few years ago, and I don't currently want to spend the next several months catching up. So, yeah, I'm a fan, but not a diehard one. I wonder how many other people will understand your name. --Kyoko 21:05, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

No, I haven't read New Spring. Does reading it spoil anything in the series (besides TWoT)? Depending on how quickly you read, maybe the final book will come out by the time you get there! --Kyoko 21:21, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your signature

Hi there, don't worry about your question, I've only been here since the end of January and I'm still figuring things out. Your signature looks fine on my computer. Have you tried clearing your browser cache? Not knowing what computer you use, I don't know exactly how your setup will do that. I run Mac OS X and Mozilla Firefox, so I can clear my cache by holding down the shift key while clicking on "Reload". And Sally Ride would make a good answer for "Salya". Maybe the question was meant as a combination of the two. Hope this helps. --Kyoko 21:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Are you saying that my suggestion worked, then? --Kyoko 21:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Glad to hear that it works! I hope you don't mind that I just swapped the generic listing of my name on your page, for my signature. You may or may not be able to see the different font (Zapfino font). I'll have to look up where you can see a sample. It's somewhere on the Linotype Foundry page. Another thing: if you put a link to a page when you're already on it (as in User talk:Randfan), all you do is make a boldface link that's non-clickable. You're already on the target page, so there's nowhere else to go. You might want to fix your own name in your list of Wikifriends, or not. Thank you for considering me your friend, and yes, the feeling is mutual! --Kyoko 22:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

hi curtis

Miner zxx 17:59, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

my name isn't Curtis... Randfan

[edit] hello, again

hi curtis how it going it is me jason young by the way did you go to the website? if not ill excute you.

17:59, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

see above

[edit] re: misc

Hi there, yes, I did know about my name. It can be also thought of as a mirror, or more poetically, as someone who sympathises with you or has empathy for you. As for the "o" subpage, did you ever click on it? Clicking on it will give you all the answers you are seeking. Thanks for the vandalism scrolling section, I will consider it. I'm flattered that you took my scrolling table of contents and my talk page rules... though I should point out that neither of them are originally my idea either. The scrolling TOC came from User:Riana dzasta, and the talk page rules come in several variations on many people's pages. --Kyoko 13:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:Happy Birthday

Hey Randfan! Thanks for the birthday note, it's makes me feel really good that so many users care about my birthday like they did and I thank you so very much for you're kind words. :) And big thanks to you for signing the co-nomination page for my adminship :) semper fi — Moe 00:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WoT questions and answers

Hi there, you've got questions, I've got answers. You write:

• Did Lenn really fly to the moon in the belly of an eagle made of fire?
  • John Glenn didn't fly to the moon, but he did orbit around the earth.
• Did he truly have a daughter named Salya who walked among the stars?
  • In a manner of speaking, the Salyut space stations were among the stars.
• Was Asbet really the queen of all?
  • Elizabeth I was queen of a vast British Empire.
• Did the giants, Mosk and Merk, really fight with spears of fire?
  • Moscow and America haven't yet launched missles at each other.

Was this quiz a way to see if anybody had read TWOT? --Kyoko 00:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

You really never thought that these questions were supposed to be hints that the world of TWOT was supposed to be after some sort of future apocalypse? Or before one, given the cyclical nature of time in the books? These questions seemed obvious to me the first time I read the series. That's what I meant about liking the books because of how they make different cultural and historical references. It's been too long since I last read them for me to know if these quotes were taken word for word or not. --Kyoko 04:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you so much for wishing me a happy birthday! :-) Have some cake. Best regards.--Húsönd 19:45, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ajahs template

Please don't add that template to Wikipedia articles; we don't actually have "X Ajah" articles here, most if not all of them redirect to the Concepts in the Wheel of Time series article. I encourage you to revert those edits and tag the template with {{db-author}}. It's of use on WoT Wiki, but here it's just overkill, I think. -- nae'blis 22:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, like I said, it doesn't add much because all of those links go to the same article through redirects. I'd like to hear any other ideas you've got on "spicing up" the article stubs we've got, but I'm not sure this template is the way to go. -- nae'blis 23:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

If you prefer, we could compromise by removing the current usages, and then discussing it somewhere like Talk:The Wheel of Time to get more people's opinions. Remember I'm not an admin here... -- nae'blis 23:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Colourful

Heh, I'm glad you like it. User:Glen S made it for me, so you better check with him first. I would think that he wouldn't mind since he gave it to me. Nishkid64 21:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Of course! theres Image:Status.gif and Image:Status2.gif - re the sig, well look at mine! Might be Nishkid's dept! Enjoy! Glen 21:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Randfan 21:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] My Birthday

Thanks for the birthday wishes! Thanks for the extra cake, too. One is chocolate and the other one is vanilla. Also, how do you put the "status" light on your main page? I just may steal it in order to enhance my page. ---- Bearly541 talk 06:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for moving the image to my talk page. Never would have thought to put it there! ---- Bearly541 talk

Also, can you tell me how to put the time on my sig...or how to automatically update it? I am kind of new at this...---- Bearly541 talk

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[edit] My Userpages

Hey, Randfan! Thanks for the kind note. Your userpage is cool too... though a little bright! ;) The font I used is called papyrus. Fitting for the Egyptian theme, but unfortunately not everyone has it installed on their computer. It's part of the font package that comes with newer versions of Windows and is available for free at many font download sites. — Editor at Large^(speak) 01:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] a science lesson about moles

Hi there, this will take some explaining, and it's nothing personal. I had assumed that you knew what a mole was based on what you had posted in the coffee lounge. I'm not talking about mole (animal), mole (sauce), or mole (skin marking). I was thinking about mole (unit), which is used in chemistry. Riana should have recognised the joke instantly as a chemistry major.

Have you ever looked at the Periodic table of elements? You'll see that for every element in the detailed version of it, they list its atomic mass. For example, hydrogen (H) has an atomic mass of 1.00794 (let's round that to 1), oxygen has an atomic mass of 15.9994 (let's round that to 16). That means that for water, which is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, you have 1 + 1 + 16 = 18 as its molecular mass.

There's this number called Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.022 x 10²³. The 10²³ part means that it's 10 multiplied by 10, 23 times, a huge number. Anyway, somehow scientists figured out that if you get 6.022 x 10²³ atoms of an element together, the whole bunch will have a collective mass of whatever their atomic mass is, expressed in grams. This would be one mole of the element. So one mole of hydrogen would have a mass of approximately 1 gram, one mole of oxygen would have a mass of about 16 grams, and so on. This works with chemical compounds too, so one mole of pure water or H₂O would have a mass of roughly 18 grams.

Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated by chemists in North America, on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×10²³.

And so you have your (rather lengthy) explanation.--Kyoko 02:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

It's no problem, explaining all this. I didn't know how much of a science background you had, so when you asked about Mole Day, I thought I had better explain everything. Have a good day! --Kyoko 16:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for the wishes, Randfan. It really is nice to look back at the year gone by. Looking forward to many more years as a wikiholic before I retire. :)--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 14:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Birthday Committee

How can I be involved with this? ---- Bearly541 talk 17:25, Friday November 17, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thank you for your note! :-) Kirill Lokshin 17:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thanks for the award! I'll try to keep doing my best! :-) Kirill Lokshin 18:45, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flitterbloom

I have tagged this article as copyvio from www.hp-lexicon.org/help/lexicon.html. Can you verify that, please? Thanks. -- ReyBrujo 20:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, much better. If you don't add a category to the article (because you don't know where it would fit), tag the article with {{uncategorized}} as {{uncategorized|October 2006}}. If it needs wikification, use {{wikify}} with a similar structure as the previous one. And add the source you used to build the article in a References section (if you learned about Flitterbloom in hp-lexicon.org, include a link to there so that people can verify the information you have added to the article. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 20:48, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Nop, I am not. According to the deletion log, the second time it was tagged as {{db-a7}}, and deleted because Tawker (talk • contribs) considered it should be deleted. I suggest you to contact him and ask why the article was deleted. Since I know nothing about Harry Potter, I am not sure whether this topic fits Wikipedia, or should be included in another more generic article (like a List of Harry Potter items or similar). -- ReyBrujo 22:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit day

Thank you! :) I've wasted so much time on wiki, I try to be useful then. Cheers, NCurse _work 09:43, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Just noticed you added yourself in my WikiFriends box - I don't think we've ever talked before, but it's nice meeting you. :) riana_dzasta 13:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't apologise! It's fine, I don't mind... I have got an invitation there, after all :) Nice to meet you, and if you need a chat or something, my talk page has just been freshly archived and is waiting for messages :) riana_dzasta 00:42, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] barnstar

You've earned it.

Sharkface217 23:30, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

!

[edit] FA medal

Hi Randfan, thanks for the medal but you should know I haven't created any FA's. I contributed to a few but never created any (A few FL's though!). I therefore cannot accept your nice gesture. — Moondyne 15:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar 2

Thanks! Really, really, it was nothing. Just some fun afternoon with a few text editor macros. :) Femto 15:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Wow - two barnstars in one! I've been looking for some excuse to reorganize my barnstarium, and it looks I've just gotten one. Thanks! – ClockworkSoul 17:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstars

I was reviewing your edits and thought you deserved all of these! Good job!

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Your pages is very funny 71.236.79.160

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Nice work!

		The Minor Barnstar
		almost all your edits are minor but they were major minor edits. 71.236.79.160

		The Template Barnstar
		For your work on the adoption templates. 71.236.79.160

71.236.79.160 01:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TOC

I realize that you may like the way that your table of contents displays, but please don't go around putting it everywhere else. If you'd like to change the standard TOC, please discuss that at the Village Pump. --Daniel Olsen 01:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Hello Randfan/Archive03, thank you for the birthday wishes:) --Dakota 06:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me too! Acs4b 06:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Novels WikiProject

[edit] Rook novels

be aware I have broken out the Rook novels in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticlesNeeded list. and set the article names for the series and the individual articles to avoid preexisting articles with those titles. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 17:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] London, 1850

This article is showing as a bunch of templates with no content. Please preview it, and add content about the book, before reposting it. Thanks, NawlinWiki 18:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the Barnstars...my very first! Chuck^(contrib) 21:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue VI - November 2006

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue VI - November 2006
Project news Due to the diligance of many editors we now have more than 5000 articles tagged as part of the project. The /Assessment department has been making progress with discussions on the top priority level of novels. These are those articles that should be present in any version of this encyclopedia. The "Members" list has been modified with a short archive or "inactive" list). Member News The project has currently 170 members, 28 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of October 2006. Of these 7 have been moved to a short "Inactive" list due to not contributing to Wikipedia for at least six months. They are free to reactivate themselves at any time, of course!	From the Members Welcome to the sixth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
Auto list news The NovelsInCompleteInfobox has been regenerated at the start of October and was shown to have grown rather than shrunk! So this month I have concentrated my efforts (with some help from Grey Shadow (talk • contribs)) on the novels missing "genre" tags. These "genre-less" have now "all" been dealt with. Hopefully we can break the back of this load of work, but it will need help. It would be nice to get these worklists to a state where they can monitor the newly created articles rather than cleaning the retrospective material.
Collaboration of the Month The Collaboration of the Month is going well. October's collaboration was slightly compromised by the removal of our notice early on; however there were still nearly 80 edits to improve the article. This months Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Current debates We have a project structure that allows for the formation of special interest task forces (al la "WP:MILHIST".) This is useful for identifying groups of Novels editors who have a common interest. (i.e. Science fiction novels, Crime Novels, Children's novels, Classic literature, Russian novels etc.) Would there be interest out there in setting one or more of these up. Comments please to the General Forum.
Newsletter challenge Last months Liponym challenge was met by Springeragh (talk • contribs), but the article is still a "very" small stub. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This months' article is Lawrence Durrell's novel Clea.
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[edit] Unauthorised semi-protection

I have removed the semi-protection sign that you decided to place yourself. From what I can see, this page has suffered little or no vandalism - therefore the page is not eligible for semi-protection.

If you would like to request that your page be semi-protected officially, please click here.

Also note that your page is not actually semi-protected unless approved by an administrator - your page was still editable when I was not logged in! -Chrisch 09:13, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dog

Thank you Randfan, I am very appreciative of you concern, but, good news! She returned later on it the night, barking at the front door to be let in. Silly bugger. And after I ran around the block looking for it. We then watched Cars (film). Once again thank you for your Kindness, Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 23:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S The vandalism bar is a great idea! May I use it on my own page? Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 23:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Once again, Thank you. Also I noticed that you have my pirate on your user page. Obviously you have excellent taste. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 23:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Of course! It is an honor for someone else to have it! Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 03:06, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Edit counter image

If you want to, go here and edit the page; I inserted a marker at the point where the image is. If you want to copy my layout, feel free to do so; I'll help you if you need anything further, so don't feel afraid to ask. Cheers, Master of Puppets ^{The Walrus!} 06:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:birthday

Thanks! Have some cake :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 23:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Edit day

Thanks! It's not my birthday though, just the day I registered my account. My first attempt at an edit is actually pretty amusing...it was an attempt to hotlink an off-site image :-P. - Mike | Talk 00:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Haha, no need to apologize. Thanks for the note! - Mike | Talk 00:20, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Halloween!

Hi Randfan, and a belated Happy Halloween to you as well! I've given size parameters to the Jack o' Lantern image that you gave me, so that it doesn't take up half my talk page. Now it looks like this: Thanks again! --Kyoko 02:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't like having to scroll past such a large picture, but it's an easy thing to fix once you learn how to do it. --Kyoko 02:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Drala template

hoora! It worked! Randfan 03:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sweet edit statistics

These are some interesting statistics. Did you know that 50% of your edits have been to your own user and talk pages and that only 8% of them have been to the actual wikipedia article space? -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 04:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the birthday wishes. -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 18:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Adopt-a-User Criteria

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[edit] Smiley Award :)

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[edit] Mac's Desk

What! Not even a stub to start with? Haha, okay. Looks interesting— maybe I should read the books for the article! X [Mac Davis] (DESK|How's my driving?) 18:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Edit Day

Yep, the sixth was my first edit day. One-year anniversary on Wikipedia! Bearly541 accidentally sent me a first edit day banner instead of a birthday one, that's why it comes before some birthday wishes. I told Kyoko the story of my first edit:

I was at my grandparents' on the week-end celebrating my birthday (it was on Friday and I was there on Sunday), and went on the computer while they were fixing up the cake. I looked up something on this Wikipedia site I'd been hearing about, noticed (somehow) that there were pages for some of the Mayors of Ottawa missing, and started on J.P. Featherston's page. So my first edit was a new article, when I was supposed to be celebrating my birthday!

I'm wierd... — Editor at Large^(speak) 20:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer! The cake is lovely to look at, but I'd love some pumpkin pie... I ran out this morning (had the last piece for breakfast). — Editor at Large^(speak) 23:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Whoa! I think you might need a fork to help me eat all this... — Editor at Large^(speak) 01:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] schizophrenia

http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year1/schizophrenia.htm

[edit] Re: Edit day

Thanks for the warm wishes! I can't believe how much I've learned and grown over these last three years. Regards and peace profound, Merovingian ※ Talk 05:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiplomacy

Hey Randfan, as Wikiplomacy is gone, would you be ok with me deleting your user subpage on the topic? I understand all this stuff is moving to another wiki or something, with existing pages being MfD'd - it's simpler to avoid the paperwork involved in that if you're ok with it. --Improv 07:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi...?

Uh, hi? Well, I heard there's going to be another llama revolt tomorrow. Chuck Norris might me in it. Totally true. --The Great Llama ^talk 22:31, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah. But you were wrong on my vandal page: Llama-day is every day! --The Great Llama ^talk 22:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Yay! --The Great Llama ^talk 22:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...again!

Thanks for the Llama Award! I'll put it right on my userpage :). --The Great Llama ^talk 22:46, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New message

Well, here's a new message. It seems to have changed back, though. --Llama man 02:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

How nice is it to get birthday wishes from a fellow wikipedian! BengalRenaissanceEccentrica 03:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Dragonlance

Hello. I must have missed your joining. Good to see you involved. Have you done any work with it? I can't seem to remember. Also, I noticed you created a template for becoming a member of the WikiProject Dragonlance. We already had one, now then, there's no reason to delete it, I think (I'll ask around), but in the future say something on the talk page. If you did, forgive me; I was gone for a while and lost my bearings somewhat. See ya! DoomsDay349 19:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh no, I don't want to get rid of your template, it's fine. As for minotaur wars, you're in luck; after I finish Amber & Iron, I'm starting those so we can work on it together. DoomsDay349 20:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

No, don't bother waiting up. I should finish A&I this weekend and have Minotaur Wars done before Thanksgiving, so if you finish first it's no problem; I'll be right along. DoomsDay349 20:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, sounds good. Do you have the whole trilogy or will you need to get them? I just purchased Night, Tides, and Empire of Blood so I'm set. DoomsDay349 20:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hehe, I've got this weird need to own all my books, so I buy as many as possible...bibliomania, perhaps? DoomsDay349 20:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

If there is a large bookstore near you, B&N or Borders, perhaps, you can order them. I have to do that for a lot of Dragonlance books. DoomsDay349 20:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed to E@L's case. As for your postal system, that's disturbing...do you live in America? You should write a letter (oh the irony!) to the U.S. Government or at least your state government to set up a postal system...it's one of their Constitutional powers, and thus one of their duties. DoomsDay349 20:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hope things work out alright! Look forward to working with you. DoomsDay349 21:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Happy Birthday

Thanks very much for the birthday note. I don't really feel any different from yesterday though ;) —Xyrael / 19:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Big thanks for the birthday wishes! Your kindness is greatly appreciated! --Merovingian ※ Talk 21:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Fish

Horay! A big fish! Thankyou, Randfan. Now all I need is a big dish... Thanks again, Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 20:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey Q

Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere? reply here. Deadline is December 15. AstroBoy 02:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For, well, being very kind! —The Great Llama talk 00:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's technically wikiillegal (did I spell that right?), but it's kind of a weird reason to give someone a barnstar, unless they award a lot of them themselves. —The Great Llama ^talk 00:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

C-H-U-C-K-N-O-R-R-I-S? I think that's how you spell it. —The Great Llama ^talk 00:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:ECOTM

Just put {{user|Randfan}} in the members section to join. You can use the userbox to say you're part of it. Welcome! DoomsDay349 01:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Freelance writer

I apologize for editing your user page, but your Talk Page was taking forever to load because of a very large flash animation. I am a freelance writer working on an article about the wide array of people who make Wikipedia their life, their passion, their pastime. Wikipedia “addicts” if you will. I’m looking for people just willing to tell their story of how they got sucked into the intellectual whirlwind that is Wikipedia; how you got started editing, how the obsession grew, and what you spend your time focusing on these days? Do you write articles from scratch? Is your main push toward one particular type of article? Do you patrol for typos and errors, or spend your time diligently fixing vandalism? Do you take part in the “social aspects” of Wikipedia; engaging in animated discussions or decorating your user page with all sorts of internet memes? Have you ever forced yourself to take a “Wikipedia break”? If so, what’s your 20/20 hindsight on the obsession? Basically I’m just trying to get an idea of what it’s like for various Wikipedia “addicts.” I am particuarly interested in talking to you to discuss the Wikipedia Kindness project which you are apparently a part of. If you are interested in participating, please email me at brianwrites@gmail.com

I added this to your talk page. Sorry if you angry. Do you mind if i archive your flash animation (the large one) for you? 76.188.7.83 02:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] E@L Barnstar Thank You

Thanks very much for the barnstar; I really appreciate it!!! -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 18:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar, I was trying my best to comfort her in her time of need. Also I noticed you are friends with the Great Llama we are wikifriends also. Cheers!--^ॐ Seadog ^ॐ 18:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! —The Great Llama ^talk 19:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For YOUR support to E@L! —The Great Llama talk 19:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!!

Thanks for the barnstar :) Martinp23 19:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I agree - I was hugely shocked when told on MSN by Imoeng about what had happened. Martinp23 19:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for your belated support. :-) Regards.--Húsönd 19:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks very much

Thanks very much for the barnstar. It was Kyoko who alerted me to the fact that E@L was in trouble. I understand she is feeling a bit better but please let me know if I can help in any way. Itsmejudith 19:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the smiling star :P

AHH!! Pirated talkpage header! Alert the corrupt wiki-authorities! :D Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 19:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar. Jeez, this is three Random Acts of Kindness now... thanks again! DoomsDay349 19:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, Kyoko and Riana knew about it, but they didn't bring it to attention... I just felt that the community should know. Thanks again! DoomsDay349 20:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] another

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For your care for E@L. 76.188.7.83 20:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Your most sincerely welcome! 76.188.7.83 20:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aah!

Oh my goodness! I don't think I've ever gotten so many messages at once... thank you!

And thank you for handing out barnstars on my behalf. But, now I have to invent an award for them because you already gave them RAOK ones! ;-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 20:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see you are better E@L! Bearly451 talk 20:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Should be called the E@L support barnstar! Bearly451 talk 21:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate the support, but my page is going to take ages to load now, Randfan... :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 22:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No, it's okay. I'm doing it myself soon. It loads fine for me too, but I'm thinking of others with slower computers (btw, your talk page took AGES to load when I was elsewhere for the weekend!). I know you love me, all that I need ;-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 22:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Now that was absolutely priceless! That's going into my favourites folder right away!! thanks a bunch :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 01:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC) P.S. Kyoko said it was messed up on her monitor, and it was rather squishy on mine. I liked them bigger too, but...

[edit] Thanks for the Barnstar!

Thanks, Ranfan for the barnstar. It tickles me though that you put vandal kitty on E@L's talk page. I hope a bot doesn't come and revert the edits! :-D Lol. Bearly451 talk 20:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

How about an image with E@L on the barnstar? But, we have to ask her first! Bearly451 talk 21:18, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

How about WikiEs in need Barnstar? Bearly451 talk 22:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Why thank you for the star. That is what Esperanza is about to me, reaching out to people who are experiencing trouble as well as those who need some Wiki-love. --teh tennisman 21:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)