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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Have a great year Miranda/N. Let the fireworks light begin!

Love, GalaxyGuy --GalaxyGuy (talk) 17:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy New Year to you too! miranda 00:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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Sorry... but, here's a GAN in serious need of a review

Hi, sorry for this piece of unsolicited spam. Sitakunda Upazila has been submitted to a GA review, after a fine peer review (thanks to Amartya). I am gunning for FA with this article. But, there may be problems I am unaware of (apart from bad copy). When the GA review is through, I'd like to have the WP:LOCE take a look. I originally posted a request to Lara, who did a bit of tweaking but declined to review (she says she's done with reviews). Sandy also lent a hand, but she is also not available for the review. Would care to review this article? Go as thorough and ruthless as you want, I'll try to meet all the suggestions. Promise. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 16:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

:Sure, but would you mind copyediting this article? miranda 20:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I have looked through this article and found out that the prose is not to standard condition. In addition, there are many grammar and punctuation mistakes. Also, in the references, the retrieval dates are not supposed to be italicized, per WP:CITE. Sorry, but I cannot GA review this article for you. I highly suggest you submit this article to the LOCE, because there are many mistakes in this article. miranda 00:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Looking thorough this article again. I decided to take this off of GAN due to the excessive prose and copyediting errors. I am going through the article now. miranda 04:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Update: Oh! Sorry, my poor reasoning... I should have checked for responses here while I was wondering about you getting down and dirty to copyedit (thanks a lot, though). I am taking it to LOCE first, but probably not through the project (in short, I'm asking Kyoko, a great copyeditor I know, and Phaedriel as well). Will be submitting to GAN again, soon (and, if you don't mind, I'll spamming you again, I guess). Can you, please, do another favor and keep an eye on the development of the copy? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 06:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

One more request - is it possible for you to guide me section by section? I read the mini-review, and I guess the format you detailed will need a bit of example for my understanding. It would be much helpful. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 15:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

(reduce indent) First, add the article to the League of Copyeditors. They can do a better job than I could. :) Many issues with this article (prose, punctuation, grammar, etc.) exist. The members can address and help you with the issues. Second, I probably won't GA review this article again, due to conflict of interest and lack of time. Cheers. miranda 16:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello!

Thank you. --C'est moi ^Parlez 04:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Oklahoma State Highway 9

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to review Oklahoma State Highway 9. I notice you put the article on hold but forgot to list your concerns under the template. Could you please do that so I could address them? Thanks again. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 00:52, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will do that now. miranda 01:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:BoardwalkInn.jpg

Thanks for moving this free image to Commons! Unforunuately, you then marked it as CSD I8, but since you are not the uploader, you must mark it with {{mncd}} (aka, NowCommons) for a week before it can be deleted here. I've gone ahead and done it on this image. There are a lot more images to move if you want to do more, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons. Thanks again! MECU≈talk 17:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you meant {{NowCommons}}. And, no I am not interested in moving other images (except for the above) to Commons. Thanks anyway! miranda 17:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 4 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Osceola Macarthy Adams, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your numerous DYK, GA, and FA content at Wikipedia! --Royalbroil 05:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. miranda 09:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

(Belated) Happy New Year! spam

Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos* (t·c) 15:18, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks. Happy New Year to you too! miranda 07:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Miranda 2

I would like to nominate your for adminship because I think you've learned from your last RfA 2 months ago. --Alisyn^talk 20:14, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for nominating me for adminship. Unfortunately, I have to respectfully decline at this time. Thank you for your concern and your generosity in thinking about nominating me for adminship. miranda 02:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess she didn't notice the "I am not your babysitter." message up there :) – Gurch 17:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA offer from GoldFlower

—Animum (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Century Tower

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

No thanks. You already have invited me before, as seen here. miranda 01:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Your second RfA

I see above that you've decline it, and since declined nominations are normally deleted, would you like me to delete it, or would you like to keep it for now? Acalamari 04:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, you can delete. miranda 04:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. If you ever want it resotred, don't hesitate to let me or another admin know. Acalamari 04:06, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

OK-9

I think I've addressed the issues (unless I overlooked something), so go for it whenever you want. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Graphic Designer's Barnstar

Thanks for my very first barnstar! Really nice of you!! --Slashme (talk) 06:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :-D miranda 07:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the UF page!

I appreciate your help. User:Jccort 18:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

You have four days of making corrections to this article, or I will fail it for GA. miranda 18:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I have taken care of 5 out of the 17 Issues wrong with the UF Page

• Please see what I have done so far. I discuss the edits that I have made on the Discussion page of the link you provided.

the suggestions made here (User:Jccort) 20:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Reggaeton Banner/ad/template

Hey Miranda, someone pointed out on the project talk page that "Reggaeton" is mispelled in the banner. We dont want to sound disgraceful, but is it possible to be fixed?--TrUcO9311 ^TaLk / _SiGn 21:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

You can ask on Graphics lab, because I deleted the files related to the ads and GIMP. miranda 23:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

In the last month, you have created a new WP:FL. From what I can tell, this is your first one. Congratulations! You may not be aware of WP:LOTD. We are experimenting with selecting Lists of the Day so similar to the current WP:TFA and WP:POTD features that run on the main page. I invite you to participate.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 21:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The University of Florida page

• I understand why you failed the page. Having said that I really tried to improve the article with the limited free-time that I had available. Be that as it may none of the other Official UF Wikipedia Project contributors took the initiative to also do the edits that you suggested. It's a sad state of affairs for the Gator Nation. (User:Jccort) 22:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocking

Yes, I can. But I proposed a resting period of 1 month after the closing of my RFA, due to the concerns brought up by opposers. I decided to honour that, and thank you for supporting my request. RFA spam inbound, unless you don't want it. :) Rudget. 10:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Even still...it'll look bad if I did. Rudget. 10:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

No, you're right. Thanks for that. Rudget. 16:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I made mine ages ago. Where's yours? :) Rudget. 11:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD voting

You have one week left for WP:LOTD voting. The system won't work if you don't vote.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 22:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I voted. miranda 23:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!! List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters has been selected to be a February WP:LOTD. If you have any particular date preferences please contact me by January 24th. Oddly, I did not see your votes at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200802 even though you said you voted. What happened?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 16:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Responded on your page. Miranda 01:59, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I hope in the future it will appear on the main page, but right now it is one of three selection methods vying for approval. If you like this method the best way to help it get to the main page is to continue to nominate and vote for lists using the method. If and when we can show viability by example that will help to get it on the main page. That is part of why I tried to get you to vote. The more voters the better a track record we can build up for making a proposal.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which I withdrew with 5 support, 14 oppose, and 9 neutral. Thank you for your comments! Whether it was a support, oppose, or neutral, I likely got some good feedback from you. I will probably do another RfA in the future, but not until I work out the issues brought up.

Soxπed Ninety Three | tcdb 17:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey there

Have a look at Image:Redblankwikimania2008.svg and Image:Blueblankwikimania2008.svg. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your work! miranda 18:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Bird

It looks like a Black Crowned Crane to me, face pattern looks wrong for Grey Crowned Crane, Jimfbleak (talk) 06:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I identified it as B. regulorum because it is very familiar here (East Africa, I live in Nairobi); don't have the references to check more closely. I'd suggest checking the zoo's catalogue now that we know what to look for. (I think I'm right, but that is just ego. ;-) Robert Ullmann (talk) 11:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!

Dear Miranda, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Great work you're doing at FAC. You'll get there. Is it possible you could do something to reduce the length of your signature? I don't understand these things, but I believe there are ways to create coloured sigs that don't take up so much bandwidth! --Dweller (talk) 12:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Meh. I think I was wrong. No worries. --Dweller (talk) 12:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I will shorten the sig. Miranda 12:47, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. X) Miranda 12:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Sweet! You didn't have to, but thanks. --Dweller (talk) 12:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Alpha Chapter Celebration

I have a pic of the Founders Window and the Tree.LivelyIvy1908 22:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I have e-mailed you! Miranda 23:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Great I was going to get some to you. I'm going to NARC on the 29th, let me know if you need anything else. I've been crazy busy in real life. BTW, how do I e-mail you all? Knicksfan4ever 23:41, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

You can e-mail me. Miranda 23:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Halle Berry

Why did you move her to the right of my article (bless your heart) I liked her on the left... By the way, none of this "nonsense" started until I began to (attempt) to upload contributions to Wikipedia. I'll never learn to just leave well enough alone... 75.4.234.187 (talk) 04:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry that the upload incidents happened on Wikipedia. I guess people won't assume good faith, but I will move the image back to the left. Your contributions are highly valuable, and suggest you to e-mail the address (OTRS) to sort the situation out. I will move the picture of Halle Berry to the left, too. Thanks! Miranda 04:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Lisa Gerrard FA page.

Oh ok. I was wondering about that. Thanks.

Glitter1959 (talk) 19:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)Glitter1959

Thanks

I like the flower. :D --Leitzan _talk 21:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which closed unsuccessfully with 25 support, 18 oppose, and 6 neutral. Thanks for the support and I'll look forward working with you. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 06:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks good

Alright, thanks! xihix(talk) 21:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you help me?

We talked on the Heath Ledger Talk page... and I was wondering if you could help me with fixing up my signature. It's really pissing me off. Siouxsie18 (talk) 05:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

HL cites

Sure thing - still working on them! (Don't know why someone changed the format on some of them to the vertical - I don't think it's necessary, do you? But am not going to change it now. Just wish they'd be more careful about not dropping subsequent text changes...) Tvoz |talk 06:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Too busy to type in accessdate? Humbug. Tvoz |talk 06:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah - once you get used to cite templates it's way easier than any other method. Tvoz |talk 06:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hello

Hola Miranda :) --200.122.209.211 (talk) 00:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Miranda. C'est moi ^Parlez 00:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks you guys. The new message bar is still turning yellow from my monobook.css file. Meh...XD miranda 00:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Bonsoir

(keeping up with user saying hola above) Bonsoir, Miranda! Glacier Wolf 00:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

• OK, sorry for shamelessly taking your signature design. But, what can I say? I'm really fond of the color blue! Glacier Wolf 01:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

• BTW, nice kitty! Glacier Wolf 01:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Bures!

Thanks for adding the picture of Heath Ledger to the Northern Sámi wikipedia. Could you please do me a favor, however, and not add in English captions under pics? Our resources there are beyond meager, so even having to translate a small amount of text from another language slows us down greatly. Thanks (and please do keep adding images there! :)). -Yupik (talk) 22:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, on .se? I tried to find a person on IRC to translate, but the channel did not exist. All you have to do is translate "in", and the picture's caption would be fine. (i.e. Heath Ledger [in] 2006) miranda 22:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yehpp, that wiki. And I did :) If you'd like, you can always leave me a note about a caption that you want translated if you can't find someone to translate it. If I can't translate it, I'll try to find someone who can. But again, thanks for adding the pic in the first place. -Yupik (talk) 22:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. miranda 01:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Beer!

(I'm sure that's what those people above were trying to say. KillerChihuahua^?!? 01:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC))

A beer for Miranda, just because!

Thanks, KC. I am glad that you are doing well. miranda 01:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Award

Thank you so much! It's now proudly displayed on my userpage in miniature. :-) --Dweller (talk) 09:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

My thank-spam

I apologize for not attributing where I found the template. As you may know, Rudget recently left us, but one of the last things he did was nominate me for adminship. In his honor I decided to modify his thank-spam. Since he did not attribute it, I thought he had developed that particular template. No harm no foul? ---MBK₀₀₄ on the iPhone (talk) 16:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Flickr Program

Do you think you can make a program which helps to compare images uploaded from flickr to Commons as seen here? Thanks. miranda 10:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

No – Gurch 10:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

U are so not my friend anymore. :-P miranda 16:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I simply don't have the time. Even if I did, I am completely unfamiliar with the process you refer to and so would have no idea where to start – Gurch 16:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS

On your amazing work and effort to get Alpha Kappa Alpha featured. If I knew how to post a picture it would be of balloons and confetti!!!! Keep up the great work!!!! Knicksfan4ever 00:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I e-mailed you. miranda 02:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Blue's Clues

[[:Image:SanrioDolls.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Cute Hello Kitty Dolls.]] Are you reviewing Blue's Clues, because you did not put your name on the WP:GAN page so I accidentally reviewed it. I just wanted to confirm. If you are reviewing it, I'll just remove my review, comment it out, or something like that. Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 01:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

No, I am not reviewing the article. I just made a general comment. Teh kittehs say cheers, and review away! miranda 01:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

Can you design a userbox for me? I would greatly appreciate. If you agree I will give you the details.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 02:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

 Not done Sorry, but I can't do this right now. miranda 00:16, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Who do you think you are pal?You must think you're a tough guy.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Go here to learn how to make your own userbox. miranda 02:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which was unsuccessful with 19 support, 18 oppose, and 5 neutral. I have signed up for admin coaching and will retry later on in a couple more months.

- Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 04:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

sorry

i didn't know--Baitt (talk) 00:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

That's okay. We all make mistakes. miranda 00:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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Sitakunda again

Hi, it's been sometime since Sitakunda Upazila quick failed a GAN. In the intervening period Keeper76 copyedited the article in full, Kyoko has rewritten the lead, Bakasuprman and CJLL Wright helped with by copyediting specific parts. I have done some work too, including incorporation of observations of Hurricanehink, fixing refs in part, and clarifying some parts. Before I take another attempt to take it GAN, would you please give it another review? I'd very much like to get it improved as much I can before facing the music. Thanks. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 14:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

 Not done Ask someone else. miranda 18:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay ^{(Well, not entirely)}. I was so sad to have you decline the request that it took me two days to post a reply. What a pity that I can't get the best reviewer I know to take a look at the article! Anyways, thanks for the help you've already done. It was you who shook me back into reality regarding the article. I was so happy about the hard work put into it that I completely ignored the big problems it had. It still has problems, but nothing that diligence can't solve. Thanks and cheers. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 14:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry to be harsh, but I have other priorities right now other than Wikipedia. Cheers. miranda 16:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Watch List

Hello. You helped me when I first signed up, so maybe you can help me again. =) Why is it that most of the edits to the pages on my watchlist are not reported to me? Everyone once in a while I will see a revert of vandalism, but the vandalism itself was never included in my watchlist, so I didn't even have a chance to revert it myself. Do you know why? Thanks! Entbark (talk) 15:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Ask this question on help desk. miranda 18:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your support. I will take on board all the comments made and look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)