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Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You are reverting lotsd of vandalism incredible quickly. Anonymous101 (talk) 19:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous101 (talk) 19:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What

108 views!!!!!!!!!!! Chubbennaitor 14:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Look at your standings at the viewed things. Chubbennaitor 20:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry but... I just looked at the one before if I dared I would go round there and do some nasty things to his gentleman's parts so he never sat down again ( if he was a man of course). Oh deary me I'm so sorry. well atlest I'm here. Here's a hug to make you feel better. Um well life's not so good for me which is why I'm glad you're here. (Not on WP)

Chubbennaitor has hugged you! Hugs promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better (and hopefully wasn't meant as an invasion of personal space). Spread the WikiLove by hugging at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Hug others by adding {{subst:Hug}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Chubbennaitor 15:43, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Random Act of Kindness

		The Extra-Special Guestbook Barnstar
		For signing my guestbook, I Bmedick, hereby give you this award. — Bmedick (talk) 15:41, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks!

But...hrm...that looks suspiciously familiar to mine... :P —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage Barnstar

Thanks so much! I'm going to have to share it with the user from whom I stole the design!

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I'm not on as much. — Music Maker 5376 19:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No prob, real life can get quite in the way.

BTW, the "Charo" thing on your talk page is quite amusing. ;) —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 21:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

new header

Teehee hee! I lvoe my new header!--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 00:32, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coaching

Hey there LP,

Normally I wouldn't respond here and expect you to be watching your coaching page... but since I am returning to the project (after Ike) about the time that you are going on vacation, I wanted to let you know that I'm currently reviewing you and asking some more questions on your coaching page...---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloon 04:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My mind is brimming with answers to your questions, and I'll get back to them when I can Monday-ish. Cheers! —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 05:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Classical music

I like you to join our discussion about the portal in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music - Jay (talk) 09:04, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have, thank you: here —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:27, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hello

i apologize for not being on for so long. i have been incredibly busy now that school has started and havent had much time to get online, plus my computer had crashed so i wasn't able to get online period. im very sorry ♥Tory~♥Amulet♥Heart♥ 17:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastique! It's great to see you back! :) We were kinda worried here...

Did you get to try your birthday cake before it went stale? —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:24, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

yes thank you very much^^ ♥Tory~♥Amulet♥Heart♥ 14:54, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per your edit summary....

WhSmack!

With love, —the_ed 17— 21:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rofl rofl rofl... :D :D :D

I was not expecting that! I believe I said "Smack" not "Whack..." ;) —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 21:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

=) Thought that I should finally get you back...and are you happy? I changed the wording to "smack" for you...Who cares? It's all onomatopoeia, right? =D —the_ed 17— 22:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

U spelt "onomatopoeia." Of courz teh nome iz hapy. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:26, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was easy to spell! With Mozilla's spell checker :D (I forgot that last 'e' the first time) —the_ed 17— 19:34, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

;) Yeah, good ol' Firefox. It bailed me out of many an embarrassing misspells...

But now a question...is it true that the 17 of your username can be translated as half-1337 (Don't ask me to leetspeak, I know zip), so that you are "the edit"? Or is that pure, Ed-ish coincidence? —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:39, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I love it too. =)

Ahum ... umm ... you ... you caught me!!! NOOOO! DON'T SHOOT ME, DEPUTY! IT WASN'T ME! Anyway, no it's a "pure, Ed-ish coincidence" Whatever THAT means...:) I think that I took the name the_ed17 'cos on hotmail ed and the_ed were taken...the_ed7 was born until I got spammed out...so that morphed to the_ed17...and then I stopped using hotmail in '04-'05 for a time (no internet!). But the tradition carried onto here in '06, when I was like, "hmmm, I need an account to create Akin Ayodele and Wykon Yes, I know that it was deleted =(...why not the same name as that old hotmail account?" And then, as they say, the legend of Ed began.

I almost want to change my sig to "King Ed" or "Dictator Ed" or have a running gag of "King Ed ^{BOW BEFORE ME!}" or "Pres Ed _{VOTE FOR ED}" or something...what do you think? —the_ed 17— 19:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I say Vote for Ed.

But I think "the Ed" pretty much sums it up, right? Aren't I La Pianista, not una Pianista? :) —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HA! That link made me chuckle....I haven't seen Napoleon Dynamite in a lonnng time. :)

I know that it sums it up...but its been summing it up for 2 1/2 years now...=D —the_ed 17— 20:05, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hm...then how about The Incredible Ed? Or something completely different than Eddie.Another comical Eddie...I couldn't resist! :)

Play any instruments or have other hobbies? That would be a good place to start. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 23:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) I don't know!! (I'm not very creative...) Oh come ON, just because "La Pianista" is unique dose'nt mean that I get to be subjected to this mental abuse! Come on here....a trout (assault and battery) + constant razzing (torture) = oooo SUEING TIME!!!! :D Just kidding! the 'kidding' part is to ensure that no admin walks on by and doesn't take it in context...no WP:LEGAL please! Umm I played the trumpet in high school 6/7/8/whatever months ago...only played it like 3 times since though...hobbies=my girlfriend, tennis, though I've only played once since I got to college Wikipedia and ESPN. shush, I know that I am a boring person... Does that help? =) —the_ed 17— 23:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, my name isn't one of a kind. I have envied this guy ever since I saw his name.

Hey, that's what you get for getting involved with a Pianista wit da attitude, yo.

But the Pianista isn't all harsh. You're not boring...da Pianista doesn't talk wi' da borin' peoplez. :)

*ahem*...Now back on topic. How about Ed of WikiLand? That's what Uncyclopedia calls us. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 23:53, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know, I've seen him before!!! lol!

Whoa, I'll remember to steer clear of all pinista's with an attitude from now on.

Well, that's comforting. =)

lol! That name is a little out there...and Uncyclopedia is the only thing more evil then the Kittehmaster... :D —the_ed 17— 23:57, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No way. The worst is the Encyclopaedia Dramatica. *ugh*

But...now...how about "Il Viquipedista"? It's Catalan. :) —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:07, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oooo forgot about that...lol :)

Wait, "Il Viquipedista" translates to Catalan? —the_ed 17— 00:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Um, no, Catalan is the language. The text really just says "The Wikipedist," but it sounds nice. You like? —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:35, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I've checked my Catalan articles/pronouns. It's masculine, in case there's any confusion. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:37, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that is AWESOME! Oh, that is AWESOME! Oh, that is AWESOME! :D :D :D I think I'll use it...

But hold on. =) I'm going to use it after the elections...I kinda want to try to use a "Vote for Ed" thing, just for kicks & giggles...but there is no way that that sig is going to last past the 9th/11th w/e it is.... =D (Then comes the terror of "Il Viquipedista"!! ;D) 00:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

...It's four tildes, dude. Chill it. :D —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:57, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And wait a minute...are the three smileys in a row a sheer infringement of my trademark wiki-laugh...or is that a shameless attempt at mocking me? :D :D :D —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:59, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Like it? (I know it's only 4 tilde's, but it's fun to play around with. The only myspace-ish thing I allow myself outside of stupid conversations. :D

=) Maybe. Do you have proof? It could be both....but prove it. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 01:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) That's fantastique^TM, but the Ed part doesn't link to your page. Thought I'd let ya know. :D :D :D^TM.

And access to viable proof is denied. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 01:46, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lol! I know that the Ed part dosen't link, but I wanted to keep the "Newcomer" link on the 17, and adding another link made the HTML waaaay to long, IMHO. If you think that it wouldn't be too long though....

Shouldn't you produce the proof becuase it'll give you a case...? =D

Nice edit summary on the vote page...thought that I'd let 'cha know. =) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 01:54, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)
	Hey there La Pianista! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!

Notice delivery by xenobot 14:25, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Waiiiit. Is the bot saying that you are not active? Okay then, considering that you edited yesterday.... Of course, the obvious question is "what are you not actively doing that you should become active in again?" ;D lol! —the_ed 17— 15:11, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, yah, that's weird. I guess someone reported me manually...*draws light saber*...I think I'll have to find out who... —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 18:16, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. I almost fell of my chair (seriously, I did, no joke) while I read the lightsaber part...completely unexpected. Isn't there some Wiki policy against death threats? ;D Watch yourself! lol! —the_ed 17— 18:41, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be careful, thanx...but for future reference, that light saber is still drawn - out 'n' ready. But perhaps I'd better get my butt moving and assign my adoptees some work. ;) Any suggestions? —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm well, if they've already done a PR, have them review a GAN? —the_ed 17— 19:32, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well...do you think this girl is ready? She's pretty young and doesn't yet have much of a grasp on policies (hope this doesn't hurt sunshine, if you ever read this, but it's true). —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmm. Didn't look at the adoptees...well, um, expand a stub with relevant info...? I don't know... =/ —the_ed 17— 20:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't mean to butt in, but to be honest, I'm not really sure she's all that excited and dedicated to becoming a Wikipeidan. I think she just kind of thinks her userpage is cool. :P And about the AAU notice, I got it too, and it was sent by a bot, so it was probably sent to everyone just as a reminder. ~ Bella Swan^? 22:50, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Bella. So then...should I un-adopt her or something? Since, of course, she really hasn't graduated, I can't let her go with the "graduated" userbox. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 23:32, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I got a notice too. I have no idea why though... Burner0718 ^{Jibba Jabba!} 23:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The notice says that it's just a reminder to update your page at AAU, so you don't forget about it, and your status of adoption sits there with wrong info. I guess it's kind of like a roll call for the adopters. As for Sunshine, I suggest you pretty much let it go. I mean, I have several users who I have still officially 'adopted', but they haven't been active since the beginning of summer. So, you obviously can't do much about it, but you might want to just assign her something that she can work on if she wants. The only suggestion I would give is to simplify the directions as much as possible, and instead of writing things in one big paragraph, put it in simple bullets. Sorry, that's all I can think of. Good luck! :) ~ Bella Swan^? 01:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox Help

My userboxes seem to be overlapping, and I have no idea how to fix it. Do you happen to know how, or know another editior who does? Thanks, ~ Bella Swan^? 22:50, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where are they overlapping? BTW, nice font in your sig. :D —the_ed 17— 23:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In Mozilla FireFox, they don't overlap, but in IE7, they do. Just to be safe for people using both browsers, try reducing what you have to at least three columns (I use two for those of us who don't maximize our windows).

The code is:

<center>
{|style="float:center; background:none;"
|{{Whatever}}{{userbox}}
|-
|{{you}}{{like}}
|-
|{{More}}{{if}}
|-
|{{you}}{{need}}
|}
</center>

Of course, it shows better in edit mode (just disregard the tt's and nowiki's). —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 23:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darn! I completely knew that! I remember now trying to solve the problem and coming to the conclusion that I had to shorten it to 3 columns. Then, I got depressed at the thought of doing that much worked and decided to procrastinate. Thanks! ~ Bella Swan^? 01:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just wasted 10 precious mintues of my life, and organized them... somewhat. Now I need to put them in groups. That'll be my goal for.. let's say... the next election. Sounds great. And realistic. *snorts* Well, I'm proud that my attention span and patience held out long enough to make the page look halfway decent. Thanks again for reminding me of my short-term memory loss. :) ~ Bella Swan^? 01:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

article

Feel free to edit it.--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 23:56, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spittlespat, I don't know if you've seen it, but I've left a message on Chamal's talk page (where I first found a message like this). I highly discourage you from recreating an article previously deleted, especially by (almost?) unanimous consensus. It will be speedy deleted, Spittle. I recommend you create a different article on a different topic. Perhaps have a look at WP:WANTED? —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:00, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

you are on my watchlist!--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 00:01, 9 October 2008 (UTC) I have a new improved motto in the review!--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 00:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great, Spittle! But, could you please address my note about your article? It's pretty important. —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 00:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help

No actually I would like some active adoptees please. Chubbennaitor 17:12, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sleep

Sleep tight & don't let the ~~bed bugs~~ clowns bite! :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 02:28, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 03:27, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

background

Is it ok if you help me find an outer-space background?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 19:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! What kind of background are we talking about? If you're interested in some space pictures, you'd best look at the list on commons, here. You could search other key words, too, like "extraterrestrials" or "planets." —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

school

GAH! I a m only a 6th grader in algebra one! (at my school we have different level of math) There are two other 6th graders with me! Isn't it weird how there's a bunch of 8th graders in math 54 while I'm in algebra 1? Also I got put into the highest level of speeling! I HAVE TO SPELL really hard words with 5 other 6th graders, and a bunch of other 7th graders and 8th graders! Being smart isn't all good!Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 19:38, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Erm...what? —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help with RL.....

Hi....I'm still on Wikibreak, but my mom let me on for this. I've already asked all of my friends this before, so now I am asking you... My girlfriend doesn't like to eat. For a time, I got her to eat two meals a day, but now she just had her second dizzy spell in three weeks. Tonight is the high school homecoming (she's still in high school) and I just told her that if she refused to eat a hot dog I gave her, I would not be going to the dance....she didn't. So as of now, I'm not going to go; but that's not what I am going to ask about... Help me inside of her head. How could I get her to think that she is NOT fat!!! (she isn't, by the way [not a biased opinion, everone agrees with me]) How can I get her to see that she is NOT ugly, but beautiful and thin? (Again, this isn't biased...I've got a lot off people who agree with me) I've talked to everyone except her parents, and nothing they have given me has worked. I don't know what to do, and neither do my friends...so what do I do? I go on Wikipedia. =) Anyway, sorry for the novel. I'll try to get back on tonight and check this... Sorry to dumb this on you, but you are, literally, the last person that is not her parents. =/ Thank you sooo much, Pianista. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 21:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, I'm Dr. Laura all of a sudden...

On the serious side, though, are you sure she's not suffering from an eating disorder? Dizzy spells are very serious - a lot more serious than it seems you're making it. I suggest you be the man and tell her parents what you see, calmly, so they can talk it out with her. Just tell them what you are seeing - don't make any suggestions as to what they should do as parents. It frightens me that even they are not aware of this.

And from a girl, I must tell you this - you can't change a girl's mind. Man can move mountains, but he can't ever convince his girlfriend she's not fat. You can't coax her into it with statistical data and all, since only men think like that. Women can be practical, but at root, remember that we are all emotional creatures.

I suggest you follow the extremely difficult advice I gave you (talking to her parents). I know, it'll be a trial, or even perhaps relationship suicide...but if your girl is the wise gal I hope she is, she'll realize that your thoughts are entirely out of concern for her well-being. Any chick with a head on her shoulders will be more than touched by that. :) —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:05, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

She had anerexia a while back becaue her previous boyfriend called her stupid, fat, lazy and ugly...and she relapses I think. They know. Her parents know. It's just that they heard about it 8 months ago and they think (I believe) that she was "cured"... Her parents are stupid, though. Her dad...abused her when she was 10, but hasn't done it since (thank god) ... no one else knows about it beside me, her and him (and you :]). Her mom does her siblings' repots because they wait too long to do it and are like "Mom, we can't do this in one night, help us! So what does her mom do? "[My girlfriend], come here! Help me with this." And they spend three hours reseaarching + writing + priting it out. -_- Ugh...I am soooo pessimistic today....

....unfortunately, I noticed.

One of her friend told her parents before me...if she relapses again, I'll tell them again, I guess...I don't want to pile on.

She will realize it, I hope...I also hope that I don't have to tell them a second time...

Thank you soooooo much, Pianista.... I'll try to get back on later... With muccccch love for Pinaista right now, —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that she might try to eat more now OF HER OWN FREE WILL (!!!!!!) (not "I'm doing this for you")...thank goodness. Thank you thank you thank you...I can't describe what those words meant, even if I didn't follow your advice and tell her parents (though I would have if it hadn't been for Becca). Thanks the most for the "not able to change a girl's mind" part...I knew that, but I never really accepted it 'cos I thought "oh, I'll be able too"...gosh, I feel as if I just acquired a new best friend...thanks a lot, pal. :) I hope that the hugglin' is awesome, and I should be on tommorow afternoon/possibly evening (I don't know when we are leaving to head back to college, and I have to finish a paper =/). Thanks for the nth time, Dr. Pianista (:D) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 00:34, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No probs, buddy, you're very much welcome. :D :D :D

I'll be gone this evening, too - relatives are coming over and I've got a concert to attend at midday. Maybe I'll get back to you tonite.

Cheers, and good luck w/teh wiki. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 16:31, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How were the relatives? Was it a fun time? :) How was the concert?

You too! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 22:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relatives were...well...relatives. :) My cousin plays the flute, but we haven't ever played chamber together.

Concert was fantastique! Cellist was awesome; they played all South-American music. The composer was there in the audience (I got to see him) - 90 years old. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 22:23, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thought so...gotta love the relatives... =) Wait, you played in the concert??

That's cool, though I don't know the differences between normal and South American music...however, I can see why that would be awesome for a student of music.

So it's no longer the War of the Roses but the War of the Five Tilde's...? :D —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 22:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, no! Though I have two recitals in a few weeks...but...no, no, no. :D

And yes, the War has begun! But don't kill too many, though - then we'll end up with three tildes! But should we save that for Episode 3...? —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 22:52, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh lol. Two recitals? Ick...shouldn't you be practicing? :)

Naaa let's have the fun when we have the ideas. xD —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:09, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Your mom's dent) Meh. I've been practicing for six months already, so I've had my due. :D :D :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:10, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oof...that one hurt, you know. I happen to like my mom! :D Oh wow, I wouldn't be able to practice for six months! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I happen to like my mom, too. 'Twas only payback, my knight. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:18, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know. xD I ...guess... that I deserved it, m'lady. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:21, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm going to eat, so I'll be back in 20 or so. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hope you enjoy the meal, then. :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 23:44, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It 'twas good...but now I'm watching Star Wars IV! The movie you shoulda watched a long time ago. =) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 00:15, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your mom needs a break!! :D :D :D —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 01:04, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Riddle

One more goose flies in the other.
?
Eseehc
Put a cow in front
?
Because he asked o be buried next to his third wife.
Because he can sharpen it and cut the rope or he could nock himself out with one. Chubbennaitor 17:00, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from Lady Renegade

Sorry about my little rant on my userpage. Just a teeny bit depressed...but I shouldn't have put that on the net ~ ^HJHLady Renegade 23:55, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, yeah. :P

No worries, though...just be glad I got your attention a teensie bit early. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

template

You don't need to keep sending me those templates I have you on my watchlist! Also I have school and lots of homework, especially when you're in the highest level in math and spelling! Also have you found a outer-space background for me yet?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 23:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Have a look at my sandbox 2. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem to work well with userboxes and other templates. I can't think of any way to overcome that though. Chamal ^talk _work 11:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps he can put his userboxen on a separate page? We can probably add the same layout w/a different picture. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 19:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Have a look, Chamal.

But I've got a problem; the bluelinks in the leftside chunk of text won't work. Help! —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 02:58, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm put the text in a big version of a userbox...? I dunno... —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 03:10, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

=p

One out of two. I beat you to the vandalism on your user page one out of two times. Not bad, for someone using the old-fashioned Twinkle. :D :D :D :D note the FOUR smiles. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 03:45, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noted the four smilies before, thanx. :D :D :D

But don't you dare steal my fantastique^TM...and don't steal the fantastico^TM either; my fantastique^TM piano teach' coined that one. :D :D :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 03:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

K, good. =)

FINE. I won't, I promise. G'nite! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 04:04, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

G'nite...though this is the next night. :D :D :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 01:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gee, you are a dork. :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 01:41, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey now! Dorks don't take time out of their musically-filled busy days to give their friends kind-hearted advice (as if you forgot). :D :D :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 01:44, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmm good point. I concede; you win this battle. But I will win the war! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 02:04, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MotD Thanks

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I hereby award this Barnstar to La Pianista for her continuing diligent and professional work on the Motto of the Day page, including her inciteful comments, clever suggestions and useful research. Keep up the good work! Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose technically I should be giving you the MotD award, but I don't really like it, so I figured this one fits too. Seriously, you're doing a great job over there. Incidentally, I really like your user page, too. If I weren't allready here to give you a Barnstar for something else, I'd give you one for having such a well designed userpage. In fact, I think I will. Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		I hereby award this Barnstar to La Pianista for her fantastic Userpage, especially with regards to the adoptee classroom segment. Userpages of this quality are something for the rest of us to aspire to. Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There, I did it. 2 barnstars at once. Never done that before... I wonder if I'll get struck by lightning... Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my. Two barnstars in a row is a personal record for me, too. :D :D :D

Consequently:

*barnstar moved to Nutiketaiel's page*

Yes, it is a copypaste of the wording from yours...but that's only because I couldn't think of one any better. Besides, it seems as if you've been there for a much longer time than I have. :D

One question, though: what is the story behind your name? It is very unusual. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Barnstar! :-) "Nutiket" is a Leni Lenape word meaning "Guardian." I learned it when I was in the Order of the Arrow, a sub-sect of the Boy Scouts of America and loved the sound of it. The "Aiel" are a nation of people from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, my favorite books. I've been using the same handle in various online communities since I was a teenager; it has personal meaning for me, but is unusual enough that I have never found it to be taken by someone else. Most people just abbreviate it to "Nuti" when referring to me, though. :-) Nutiketaiel (talk) 12:44, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

I was blocked and left for dead. A good samaritan unblocked me. The wisdom of this unblocked has been proven with over a year of good edits since the unblock. Many administrators refuse to unblock. I am an example of the harm of refusing unblock. It is permanent loss of information from WP.

Hello! Chergles (talk) 20:19, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello to you too!

Gee, thanks for the info...but what does your message refer to? —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You had a discussion with Ryulong. He wrongly blocked me indefinitely. It had to do with someone's legal threat. I said that accusations of legal threats should specify the lefal threat and quote the sentence. Ryulong said that any defense of that person means you are a sock. However, that was over a year ago. Chergles (talk) 00:12, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes. Although I do understand the grounds for his block, I agree that it was a bit too harsh and sudden. I'm glad that you (and her) were unblocked to continue editing.

~~BTW, what was the unblock for?~~ (explanation came after edit conflict, thank you.) :) —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help with userpage project

{{helpme}} I am currently designing a userpage for one of our newest users, Spittlespat, who has asked me to do so. But I am having trouble with the bluelinks in the leftside body of text. I am not familiar with the coding - it is just a copy-paste of someone else's userspace.

It can be found in my alternative sandbox, User:La Pianista/sandbox 2. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 18:06, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look. [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:11, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay.. what is the trouble you're having with the coding? [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The bluelinks in the leftside block of text don't work. They are a nice shade of blue, but they don't go anywhere. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 18:14, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, give me a sec. [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:32, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How weird.. the userboxes work fine, but not the text.. hmm... [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried a bunch of things... it's beyond me, I'm sorry. [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently you fixed it... right? Nothing seems wrong to me. ~ Bella Swan^? 20:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Try to click on the pretty blue links on the left, Bella. :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 20:27, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) I've found another weird thing - it works just fine in IE, but in FireFox, the links are still broken. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 20:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Must be a firefox thing. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 20:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much, TPH, but that doesn't help much. I'm keeping the helpme nulled, however, since it is obvious that no one has the slightest clue what the heck is going on. :) —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 20:41, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ecx2) Probably an overlapping <span> or <div> tag. I can't be bothered to look myself, but that's probably it. Dendodge|Talk^Contribs 20:44, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I made a small fix; but I dunno if that was really it. Does someone have firefox and can check? ~ Bella Swan^? 21:57, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, doesn't work. Perhaps I'll have to make do with a little tag: This page looks best in IE7, which is a real first-timer. :) —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 22:21, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In firefox, the links still don't work, and the userboxen are underneath the transparent thingy, so they look kind of shadowy. Chamal ^talk _work 00:28, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wait, it lloks like the userboxen are also semi-transparent, and not underneath that thingy. Did you make it happen, or is something wrong with it? Doesn't look bad though, on second thought :) Chamal ^talk _work 00:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that was intentional. :) But I guess I'll leave it be - for now, I'll focus on figuring out how to put the navigation table at the top of that...and getting the subpages to match that motif. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:46, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rebel Queen?

I saw these edits and I wondered... do you know what happened? Usually someone should just get a warning for not editing, and just talking on Wikipedia, not their page deleted and the user blocked... ? ~ Bella Swan^? 22:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I thought that, too. Then I posted a message at the blocking admin's page, here. His response can be found under that. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 22:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really required to issue a warning before blocking, per WP:BLOCK though. Since she has been editing for a few months, I guess the admin expected her to know the policy by now. I agree that it was harsh, but when looking at her edit count of <100 mainspace edits and >350 userspace edits, I guess it would look like she was being disruptive to someone who hasn't met her before... Or is it just that I don't want to blame anyone? I don't know :) Chamal ^talk _work 00:23, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. Sometimes I fear you may be too nice, Chamal. :D :D :D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 00:25, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, now that I'm reading this, I remember this happeneing on one other occation. It's a really ineffective rule, I think I'm gonna propose something to be changed about it. ~ Bella Swan^? 21:12, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed...it seems to be a sort of controversial block Ryulong made. Maybe some sort of gentle warning for these sorts of situations would be appropriate? As Mango said on Ryuu's talkpage, she's been pretty productive. I c eUnshattered ^{[ t ]} 00:04, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've started a conversation about it at the Help Desk, and hopefully we can find a way to fix this. The situation is this: Ruylong did nothing *specifically* wrong in blocking her, it was a quite bit harsh, but acceptable since there is no *exact* policy on the subject. This policy is somewhat applicable, but the problem is that it's vauge and open to interpertaion by the admin, so you can't outright say the admin was wrong in doing what he did. She is unblocked now and can come back, so I figured that we'll need to do something to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again. The problem is, we can't figure out what. Feel free to contribute an ideas. ~ Bella Swan^? 00:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Bella, for your pursuits. I've read the discussion and found it to be very enlightening. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 04:17, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New link! On my header! It's about games!--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 01:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiNation is Dead

You have lost your position. Or have you.....Darkside2000 (talk) 10:04, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey La Pianista

Hey, thanks for all your help, especially whilst I was blocked. I've been unblocked, but I'm leaving Wikipedia for good. come visit me at my new blog, http://thesecretworldofladyrenegade.blogspot.com/, I don't wanna lose contact with you.

You've been a great friend and I pokeynut love you forever.

Yours sincerely, HJH Lady Renegade.

lol

That was the best bloooody murder yet! It made me laugh! Can I join the show too?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 17:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Re'd" at Ed's talk page. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 21:01, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ya wanna go Gnome-ing?

...'cos if you want to go over USS Nevada (BB-36), that'd be amazing. :) I'm going to aim for a featured page appearance on December 7^th, 'cos she was involved with the attack on Pearl Harbor...but this battleship is sorta obscure, so I want to make sure that the article is perfect before saying "Hey, I'm nominating this article that only a few people will care about"... =/ Thanks Pianista!!! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 23:53, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, you even have a template for the USS's? Cooooool.

Anyway -

Doing... —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 03:33, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:D Yep, that we do. A lot better than typing [[USS Nevada (BB-36)|USS ''Nevada'' (BB-36)]] all the time. =) And thank you very much!!!! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 03:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You see what the results are of going too fast when writing stuff in that World War I section? Argh lol. —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 03:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And there you go, watching my contribs again... —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, where do you get all this data? One out of every four words is a number, lol. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 03:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I've been watching my watchlist. :)

...look at the references, lazy! :D :D :D :D —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 04:07, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Hats off to you, Ed. Great work with the article. Even though my lazy self did not check the refs, the article has some sort of "factually-accurate aura" about it that WP:CM articles envy.

Enjoy your chevrons (which I saw) and have a nice fiesta to celebrate. ;D —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 04:13, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!! The article may have a chance at being on the main page now...maybe. :D

Lol, well, the refs are definitely fine...I felt like I had been dragged over a cheese grater when I finally fixed all of the problems they had with the refs in the FAC... =/

Thanks again...and my fiesta will be writing a first draft of a three-page literary analysis of "The Lottery" for EN111 at 12:30 a.m...when it's due at 12 noon tomorrow. (I don't have class tomorrow though...thank god =]) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 04:24, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

no blooody murder

So there won't be Bloody murder for a while? Darn! Well can I at least be part of the show?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 01:28, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also I wrote something new on ed's user talk, have you checked on my new link yet?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 01:31, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen your new link, but, unfortunately, I don't play video games. I did when I was little, though on that out-dated PS1 (my friend's system).

But the link on your navbar goes to your Editor Review, not your "Games" subpage. And just a warning Spittle: the page might be deleted in the future. Check out WP:UP#NOT.

And you can be a part of the show if you want, but we're not even sure if we'll continue with it. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 03:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]