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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. Randfan18:04, 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? bibliomaniac1503:32, 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. Randfan17:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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). Randfan00:32, 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.--Kyoko14:40, 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... Randfan21:11, 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. Jcam22:14, 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. --Jayron3205:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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 Porpoise11:06, 26 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 atLarge(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:
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.
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. — Moondyne15:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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! – ClockworkSoul17:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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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.msc1 . 2 . 323:24, 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.msc1 . 2 . 323:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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 PuppetsThe Walrus!06:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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 | Talk00:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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! --Kyoko02:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Happy belated Halloween!
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. --Kyoko02:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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)
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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!
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 ※ Talk05:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
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. --Improv07:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
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! DoomsDay34919:22, 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. DoomsDay34920:22, 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. DoomsDay34920:26, 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. DoomsDay34920:30, 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. DoomsDay34920:41, 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. DoomsDay34920:51, 10 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 Llamatalk00:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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 [email protected]
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? 76.188.7.8302:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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!--ॐSeadogॐ18:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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. Itsmejudith19:23, 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! DoomsDay34920:00, 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 atLarge(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 atLarge(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...
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. Bearly451talk20:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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. --tehtennisman21:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thank you from Kyoko
Thank you for your support...
Thank you ever so much, Randfan, for your kind words and understanding in my time of need. I deeply appreciate your support, and I hope to be there for you, should you ever need help. — Kyoko
Hello Randfan, I haven't forgotten you. I'm trying to answer each message in order, with a template plus a personalised message. Thank you for your well wishes, for the nice teddy bear, for the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar, for the smiley, and everything else. I appreciate it very much. As I've told other people, my energy level is still rather low, but at least my mood is better. Because of my still low energy level, I'm not sure how active I'll be on Wikipedia for the time being, so please understand if I don't respond immediately to your message, OK? Thanks again. --Kyoko22:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Gracias, Randfan, for making smile with your kind words on my talk page. I put a barnstar on your userpage, but it seems out of order. Could you fix that? Kyo cat(Talk)01:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
There is http://conlang.wiki.com, but its criteria for inclusion is too confusing for me. I created two conlangs: One that is only written, and uses symbols from the Wingdings font, and one that is a twisted version of English, with words spelled as they sound, the omission of "to be" verbs and articles, etc. They're anything but professional, but I like making them up anyways. (Maybe you could create a new wiki for constructed languages!) --GrayPorpoisecetaceans have large brains00:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Redirects
Hi Randfan. Sorry about having to clear up the redirect in your barnstar. There are three cross-namespace redirects left (E@, E@C, and E@ Coffee), and they should really be deleted at WP:RFD. I will propose them there, and you may agree or not agree, but if you do agree that they will deleted under the redirect guidelines - it will save a lot of time if you just add a {{db-author}} speedy-deletion tag to them. Thanks for considering this option. Please point me to any previous discussion of these redirects if there is any. Any replies may be posted here. -- zzuuzz(talk)01:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi again Randfan. Thanks for tagging those - someone else has tagged the other for deletion at WP:RFD. I am just replying because of your response which said that E@ Coffee is easy to type. I would just like to point out several easier-to-type shortcuts, which do not violate the guidelines for redirects. They are: WP:Coffee, Wikipedia:Esperanza/CL, WP:COFFEE and WP:ESP/CL. -- zzuuzz(talk)12:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
don't worry about it
Hi Randfan, don't worry about leaving images and such on my talk page, it's not necessary and it will only slow things down for people who aren't on broadband access. Thanks anyway. --Kyoko03:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for heralding the return of two of our favorite Wikipedians and for giving them (as far as I can see) your undying support. We need more users who are as compassionate as you. In fact...
Randfan, I would like to just express how proud of you I am for supporting E@L through her hardships. If you don't have a Barnstar for this, you certainly deserve one! Your friend Jamo05:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I am taking a break from Wiki, and will be back on December 18th. In the meantime, you can "fill in" for me at the Wiki B-day/Admin-day (syops)/First Edit Day greeter. Thanks! Bearly54103:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for the barnstar re: E@L's situation. It was only normal to sympathize with her, but thanks anyways! :) --lovelaughterlife♥ (user|talk)05:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
While I think it is highly irregular that the pages that were blanked happened to belong to users whom you have chatted with, I'll take you at your word that you weren't responsible, and yes, you are still my friend. Just please try to make sure this doesn't happen again, OK? Thanks. --Kyoko02:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, please try to prevent that talk page blanking from happening again. Don't do anything that will get you in trouble, though. Also, I'm not sure how else to say it, but I'm surprised that your community has so few computers, but when you consider where I live, that probably explains my surprise. --Kyoko00:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't thinking that you would do anything violent, if you were wondering. Totally unrelated, but I hope that my page isn't so popular because of people who are laughing at me, thinking "how pathetic, what a loser". --Kyoko00:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, if you would like this under another heading, I'll let you choose your own title and where to split the messages. As I say on my current userpage, I can be way too bleak for my own good. I had this mental image of you beating up the vandal, and then I thought, no, that's not going to happen. Maybe it's due to that dark tendency that I worry about people making fun of me. That and the self-esteem problems. --Kyoko00:44, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
In Randfan's defense, it seems to me that what happened was he picked a random target who happened to be one of us, and then when we started reverting him and he struck back. Suspicious, I must say, but I believe Rand 100 percent. DoomsDay34901:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, definitely shorten the time to archive. Mine's 5, but anything from 3 to 8 would probably be good. And yes, you can simply change the "15" to "3" in the two instances it appears in the template. —The Great Llamatalk23:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Oops! No, not yet. I am actually considering adjusting my sig so my name is simply DoomsDay. Just a thought. I've got too much to do; involved in an RP elsewhere, Esperanza debates, not so secret plans to get on the Esperanza AC (that does not leave this page, I'm serious), and an essay I'm considering writing, about how you shouldn't add Weak or Strong to your votes. Doesn't leave this page, you hear? DoomsDay34901:34, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm putting this under a new header. To answer your questions, I think I first met you when I was watching the list of recent changes and I saw your name. I've struggled with low self-esteem and depression ever since I was a teenager, so that would be most of my life. And if you were wondering if I had some special connection or knowledge about what happened to E@L, I was once in an abusive relationship with a man who knew very well how to take advantage of both my low self-esteem and my desire to avoid conflict, and so I'm especially interested in matters related to violence against women. That's why I felt particularly concerned about E@L. --Kyoko01:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for the encouragement and also for the barnstar. If you don't mind, I'm going to try to bring up my mainspace edit count up for the day, so don't expect an immediate response, OK? Thanks again. --Kyoko01:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I won't give you any response for now so you won't be troubled by answering it. but if I did it would say "Your welome!", or somethin' of the sorts. Randfan01:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Nice reading your warm contributions to the discussion. Low self esteem is pretty common, isn't it. More people have it or have had it than you would guess at first sight. Itsmejudith01:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
It doesn't quite say E@L, and I'm not her, but we're close enough. ;) Seriously, we need more people like you and User:Phaedriel, especially when people are in situations like the recent ones. And this star also works to recognise your (and our) efforts to save Esperanza. :) SPREAD THE LOVE!!!!! — $PЯINGrαgђ Always loyal!05:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)>
For always being nice to other users (like giving them nice birthday messages), I proudly award a very nice user, with this barnstar. Please, keep up your great work! Jam0107:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
That birthday wishes made my day this weekend. I celebrated my birthday today instead of yesterday since I still had school. :( That animal was cute though. ;) Thanks for the birthday wishes, and I greatly appreciate it. --Terence Ong(C | R)14:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Randfan! Only one more left, so I'm not so stressed about them anymore - I guess I was stressed about Chemistry because I enjoy it so much, and wanted to do really well. Oh well, that's over now :) Take care. riana_dzasta16:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I painstakingly created this image (after trying many, many ways to get a better-looking "L" in the image, I simply decided to use the brush for it). I just want to know what you think of it. —The Great Llamamoo?23:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I tried to make it deserty here, but the main thing you can see is sky. As for downloading (though it's technically uploading) click "Upload file" in the toolbox on the left side of the screen. —The Great Llamamoo?00:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Okay, then: Right click on the image that you want to resize, and click "Save picture as...". Save as whatever in whatever. Next, either go to the place where that image is saved, and right click on it. Click "Edit". Now, there are a few ways to resize it (and possibly even more that I don't know about): Either click the "Image" bar then "Stretch/Skew", or click one of the square dot thingies on the edges and move it. Feel free to ask me any questions you have. —The Great Llamamoo?gloo?20:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I honestly don't remember how I did that...:| Had something to do with copying and pasting stuff, but that's all I remember. I really just kept experimenting with it until what I wanted to happen happened. —The Great Llamamoo?gloo?20:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks everyone, I loved all of your messages. I had a wonderful time with my family and had a great feast (though I have no doubt that the turkies didn't like it! I'm thankful for so much I can't even put it here! Hope you had a good day, too and if you have any questions/comments/etc. just put'em below! Cheers, mate! :) —Randfan!!03:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Wow, that was unexpected! A big turkey (yum) on my userpage. Thanks for wishing me a happy thanksgiving. Are you doing that to every American you see? Do you mind if I help? May you and your relatives have a wonderful day as well. Thanks again. | AndonicOTalk | Sign Here15:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks! :) Wow, I wish we did Thanksgiving down under, sounds like fun! Hope you enjoy the holiday, and have a great time. riana_dzasta15:31, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Heh, thanks Randfan :) I'm a bit busy with new page patrol now, so spam might be a little difficult! But thanks for your wishes - I hope you're enjoying yourself. riana_dzasta16:16, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Randfan, and thanks for the greeting and the turkeys! I've decided to just put a simple notice at the top of my page rather than add even more to my user talk count number. I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving too! --Kyoko16:28, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
T-day
Thanks for the T-day wishes! Unfortunately since I live in Germany I have to work today and tomorrow :-( ... But we're having a post-Thanksgiving feast on Saturday. —Angr16:47, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, since Germans don't celebrate Thanksgiving, there isn't a normal way to say "Happy Thanksgiving" in German. On American TV shows that have been dubbed into German I think they say "Frohes Thanksgiving". "Frohes" is pronounced "FRO-ess", and "Thanksgiving" is pronounced with a German accent ("Senksgiving"). —Angr17:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Happy Turkey Day!!!!!
Happy Turkey Day, Randfan! I hope you and your family have a magnificent Thanksgiving as well! And what am I thankful for? Well, my family, friends, and my lovely girlfriend of course! Again, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thank you for the nice comment on my talk page! Sayonara! // Sasuke-kun2716:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
SpLoT(*T* Cugv) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!
Some love 'em, some hate 'em. Hope you're in the category of those who love 'em. I think they go well with roast turkey. Today I'm thankful for vegetables because they live a happy life before they are killed, and they give us many vitamins and minerals. It was lovely to get the turkey and the smile. I'm not celebrating Thanksgiving because it is not a British thing, but I wish all the best to all American Wikipedians today. Itsmejudith17:55, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I also wanted to add that even though I've been in the U.S. for a few years now, I'm still not used to the big affair that Thanksgiving is here. I'm more active here today than usual, because I'm a bit bored, and my friend's Thanksgiving celebration is this evening. Totally unrelated, but the Wikipedia Signpost on your talk page is superimposed on one of my messages to you. Thanks again for the smile! --Kyoko21:48, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Here's my own Thanksgiving thingie! I was planning this since last week, but I saw yours and was amazed. Hope you don't think I'm copying you....
I want to with you happy Turkey Day, too! I'm sitting here waiting for the turkey to get cooked. We had this big disaster, but it's a long story.--Ed¿Cómo estás?01:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for ythe Thanksgiving message.. I don't celebrate thanksgiving really and I don't really have a family to celebrate it with other than my auntie.. But thank you very much for the message I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving too ^^ --An Apple a day keeps -The Doctor- Away.. Or does it!(talk)(contribs)03:19, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot (merci beaucoup, de: Arad)
Arad has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!
And to you too, although it's way to hot in Austarailia to have Turkey, I appreciate it. Happy Thanksgiving to you all, we do have alot to be thankful for. Dfrg.msc1 . 2 . 302:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
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Wow Randfan! You got as many thank you messages as I! Thanks to you I have spare turkeys. I guess I'll have to give them out for Christmas. Muhhahaha! | AndonicOTalk | Sign Here11:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
It isn't a red link…it links here, not to a page that doesn't exist! :P But thank you for all that food, how I ate it all after already filling myself yesterday I can't imagine, but I did. ;) — $PЯINGrαgђ Always loyal!17:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks everyone, I loved all of your messages. I had a wonderful time with my family and had a great feast (though I have no doubt that the turkies didn't like it! I'm thankful for so much I can't even put it here! Hope you had a good day, too and if you have any questions/comments/etc. just put'em below! Cheers, mate! :)>—Randfan!!03:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! BTW (I hate internet slang), I've marked Randfan with {{db-rediruser}}, since mainspace pages aren't supposed to redirect to userpages. Also, you can link to images without actually displaying them by putting a colon before them (like this: [[:Image:Whatever.whatever]]. So...now what? — The Great Llamamoo?01:56, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh and also I would love to help out with the E@L barnstar...I already made a suggestion to Llama man about a possible Kyoku b-star! Cheers! I wonder what a Randfan barnstar would look like __Seadog♪03:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
I know What a Randfan B-star looks Like!
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
This is what it looks like...Thanks for your kindness in my Editor Review! It means alot. I was going to give you a Good Humor b-star for your userpage but this one has a yellow smile on it!__Seadog♪03:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks...I am taking a break (mini) from the Hinduism article for a while. It is going to be one of the hardest to earn Featured article since its length and its overall subject. But now I am working on This article, lately it has been praised by many editors as my best work, including Riana, Llama man and even an administrator! I am hoping to earn it a Featured list. Well cheers!__Seadog♪03:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Llama man is a nice guy...usually he answers in a snap. I am going to either assume that he is off or very busy. Just check his contribs and see for yourself . I don't know if you noticed but he is going to run for administratorship next year, I can't wait to support him and hopfully others will be supporting me early-mid next year!__Seadog♪03:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
You might be right...The longest edit for me was about 40 miniutes. Oh well or he is very busily hovering trying to find an article to contribute to...like me I am 20 edits away from having 1,000 mainspace edits! It is hard right now since the random button keeps thowing me great articles and vandalism is really down right now. But I am determined.__Seadog♪03:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
extra
Hi! I'm here just telling you that you might wanna change the date in your second talk page archive from 365 days to about 15. Also, I made the links to the "pages I created" -->images actually linked, instead of a copy and paste job. So... That's it, if you have any questions or comments just leave them at my talk page (unfortunately it's a shared IP address...). 216.9.250.6105:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Signature
To update your templates for Esperanza Admin day/B-day/First Edit Day during my absense, please use this signature:
Oh you did nothing wrong, I always archive in groups of 30 or sometimes 20. Also did you see the patrol dog on my talk page!__Seadog♪17:46, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
flu
Hi Randfan, yes, I think I have the flu. It's more annoying than distressing. You don't need to fill my talk page with images, if that's what you were thinking of. Thanks for thinking of me! --Kyoko17:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
I just find it distracting and somewhat bothersome having to scroll through many images in order to find the actual messages... even at full-screen mode on my 17-inch monitor, there were images on E@L's page that overlapped one another. So I really would rather you didn't do that, OK? Thanks, and I'm sorry. --Kyoko17:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, something is wrong with the edit function in my bar. Thanks for pointing it out. Also, please ask Culverin to put a b-day template on my userpage. Thank you!Bearly54120:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I wouldn't call it spamming. And I guess mine's more popular because there's an image of Chuck Norris and a llama on my userpage. (But it will only work for the first person who does that!) —The Great Llamamoo?23:39, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
The Chewbacca image is fair use, so I suggest you remove it. As for the "orange bar of Chuck Norris" (as I like to call it), I just tested it, and no, it won't show up when someone else edits a subpage of your talk page. —The Great Llamamoo?00:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I saw your work with the E@L barnstar and I mus say, I'm impressed. Not by the work (though that was good, also), but your compassion for other users. And for that reason, I, GLYGLY, give you, Randfan, this The Graphic Designer's Barnstar. Carry it well. GLYGLY21:01, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Randfan, I looked at your autograph book again and I thought I would say a couple of things:
1. If this were Slashdot, the proper comment for a first poster would be something like "FP!!! KYOKO RULZ!" but I stopped reading Slashdot because of all the trolls and such. Too stressful.
2. If you look at the timestamps, aren't AndonicO and King Toadsworth tied for second, which would bump Tohru Honda13 down to fourth, if you follow the way that Olympic medals are assigned?
This is an offline version of decent version articles that were collected. It is to serve as a sideline-offline project to give WP to a greater number of users. This is done mostly to give knowledge to people who don't have Internet access and don't have too big of hardware material (think of all the African countries & the Third world countries). We opt for a paper version in the future and that is why we are collecting a good deal of good articles to have a decent material to offer. This doesn't mean WP will come down to these articles and everything else discarded. Goodday, Lincher16:26, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
autograph book, wikibreak
Hi Randfan, after going through the page history, it looks like User:76.188.7.83 made the changes to your autograph book. Also, in case you didn't know, I'll be on a wikibreak of about a month starting tomorrow, so in case I don't "see" you before I leave, have a good holiday season! --Kyoko22:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Feel free to copy what you like, I just copied it from someone else. To be honest it isn't doing anything so far, so I think I might be missing something. Just H02:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for wishing me a good wikibreak
Hi Randfan, thanks for the greeting and for the Christmas tree. I'll probably leave sometime in the morning tomorrow, and I might or might not check for messages beforehand, so Merry Christmas! --Kyoko04:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
My monobook lets me use Lupin's Anti-Vandal Tool and Voice of All's Admin scripts. It gives me a whole new toolbox to help me with editing and quick admin functions. I only think the Lupin's tool would only work for you, but go ahead and use it. Nishkid6420:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Can't sleep! I was wondering what does your monobbok code do? No offence intended, but I hate trying to read the script and find it easier to just ask. Also, if I have your permission and I if I wish to use it, may I "borrow" the code? Thanks and since I can't remember your talk page rules, coul you respondd on my talk page? Thanks a bunch! Post scriptum: can youplease sign my Autograph book? Thanks for that too! —¡Randfan!Sign here?17:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello Randfan. Sure, you may copy my monobook if you'd like. It isn't anything special, it just loads an older version of recent2.js by Lupin that utilizes a custom "badwords" fork. Happy holidays, Can't sleep, clown will eat me20:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Haha, thanks for the sandcastle! :) I'm going on a wikibreak, so I probably won't be able to remind you on the 22nd, but thanks for the thoughts anyways! :) -- 02:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Sure... :) -- 02:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Smile
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Well, that's fine with me. I'll give them out on December 25, 2006, at 0:00 (UTC). By the way, good nickname, but that's not my real name. Keep guessing! | AndonicOTalk | Sign Here23:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
I already changed my options, I'm just waiting for someone I know in real life to tell me if it says "AndonicO", instead of my name and last name. You will probably know by Christmas; consider it a gift. :-) | AndonicOTalk | Sign Here10:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Randfan! I noticed you've been putting a very large amount of username-block messages on talk pages in cases where it's obvious. Personally I don't feel it's necessary, and they may be removed. Just a heads-up. ★MESSEDROCKER★21:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Blocked user's pages
Hello. I have noticed you're recreating userpages of indefinitely blocked users. Can you point out any use for them? Per WP:DENY, we're routinely deleting such pages after one month anyway (see CAT:TEMP - the template you're using adds the pages to that category). Миша1321:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
No problem. It's just that our policy against vandals is block & forget. They don't even deserve a userpage, that's why we call these "temporary" - you're not even going to raise your edit count this way. ;-) Moreover, if I am not mistaken, if a page is deleted, it prevents Google from indexing it and showing up in searches (and we don't want some of the usernames to show up, ever). Finally, the summaries you used suggested that you were blocking these accounts and created a false impression on a few people that you are an administrator. Thanks for understanding. Миша1321:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Good work
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I award you this for all the hard work you did for the blocking of all the !!!!! users, even if it wasn't necesary. Cheers and good work! 76.188.7.8321:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Randfan, just a quick thanks for my own cruise ship (which would be utterly useless for a roadtrip) before I drive again. Merry Christmas! --Kyoko22:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Heh...I noticed your little comment on Llama mans talk page. Basically IRC means Internet relay chat, it is really cool. If you ever see Seadog_MS on one of those channels that is me :D. Cheers and I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas. (Its getting very close isn't it.) — Seadog_MS23:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Oh I forgot you have to have a program that can open it, so like if you are using Mozilla FireFox then you should probably get Chatzilla. But it doesn't matter. — Seadog_MS23:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
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That birthday wishes made my day this weekend. I celebrated my birthday today instead of yesterday since I still had school. :( That animal was cute though. ;) Thanks for the birthday wishes, and I greatly appreciate it. --Terence Ong (C | R) 14:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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Muhhahaha! | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 11:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
__Seadog ♪ 03:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
. I don't know if you noticed but he is going to run for administratorship next year, I can't wait to support him and hopfully others will be supporting me early-mid next year!__Seadog ♪ 03:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
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