User talk:Miranda

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Troll-feeding

lol!!! I love the flaming hellpots! Definitely my favorite recognition. Oh, the fingers were quivering, but I rushed across the bridge without even looking over the side. Hah! That troll's not getting me. Thank you very much for the award. I can sympathize with Ttturbo that WP can seem ultra-focused on rules rather than content, and, usually, rational discussions achieve mutual understanding and respect. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen in this case. It still bothers me that there is a distressed human being on the other end of that particular Internet connection. Well, at least this experience resulted in my first case of Talk page vandalism. Thanks for your help with this situation.
Jim Dunning | talk 18:54, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He may have moved to Portugal.
Jim Dunning | talk 12:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it. I don't see war crimes. I am AGFing it. Miranda 13:41, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No good deed goes unpunished: So he gets himself unblocked, which I agree with, and his initial flurry of activities center on trying format userboxes and making a ton of comments on AfD pages. So I show him how to do the userbox thing and we end up with this and this. If your shoes were painted by Van Gough . . . .
Jim Dunning | talk 12:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boxes removed per WP:POV and WP:NPA. Miranda 19:41, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The user is blocked indef.. By the way, I am not an adminstrator, and probably never will be. Miranda 03:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Template"..."Speculation"

Miranda, re your note to me on User talk:Nick... (1) I've never seen the "Don't template" page before, and I've been on Wikipedia long enough that I thought I've seen everything. Man, they have a policy page or essay for everything, don't they? (2) I never encountered Nick before and wasn't aware he was a regular or an administrator. On that latter point, who could blame me?--does he behave as administrators should? (3) The part about speculation being libelous is non sequitur for two reasons. First, there was nothing on Al Gore III that was speculation; all the material was attributed and cited. Second, I didn't add any of it. If you're really accusing me of inappropriate behavior, on Wikipedia, the facts need to be reviewed. Robert K S 13:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First, please see reliable sources. Second, Nick would have done as any other administrator would have done regarding BLP. Third, not all sources are reliable, see the Rachel Marsden case. Miranda 16:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-sequitur (the sources were reliable), Gosh I hope not, and Repeat of first. Robert K S 00:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Living persons and defamation do not mix. Miranda 23:33, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On that we agree. You seem still not to understand the issue. There was no defamation. To adapt a line from Jerry Maguire, "Show me the defamation!" Robert K S 19:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your revert.

I did subst it to remove the template from the category "candidates for speedy deletion", and how come it has been for so many weeks, and I haven't even got questioned by administrator? It isn't in the category, where else would admins check? Just wondering.... TheBlazikenMaster 00:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What are you asking?-trey^{Sex Me} 00:58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Miranda reverted me on my talk page, and I'm just wondering where else admins would check. TheBlazikenMaster 01:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The administrators can get confused sometimes and the template is supposed to be used on mainspace and not userpages. Also, I explained my rationale here. Miranda 01:11, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but would it confuse them if I made an Imageshack link instead? Anyway, thanks for your help on my page, really appreciated. TheBlazikenMaster 01:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I am sure that the administrators know what you are talking about. Miranda 01:30, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The administrators"– hehe —trey^jay–jay 15:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not a banner for the bishapod

Hi, Miranda! I wasn't thinking of a banner so much. More an animated version of the portrait on his page. I would love to have an animation where the 'pod moves his tail and flippers. If the movements can suggest he's swimming, that would be even better.

I mean, more like Bunchograpes' animated Bishzillas. They aren't banners, you know? Here are the animated Bishzillas:

And here's the sadly stationary Bishapod:

Bishonen | talk 16:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Okay, I will do this later. Miranda 21:51, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, bish. I can't do this. :-( Miranda 03:42, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My (Kwsn's) RfA

Thank you for your input at my recent RfA. It unfortunately did not succeed, but I'll try to make improvements on the concerns your brought up. Hope to see you around. Kwsn^(Ni!) 15:40, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try again in two or so months, and get involved with article writing as well as Wikipedia:WikiProjects, and I am sure that you will pass with flying colors. Miranda 19:47, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

blanking

Why did you blank your userpage and talk? Sodaplayer ^{talk contrib ^_^} 02:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual release. Miranda 02:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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AGF on copyright issues?

Somehow I thought that copyright was one thing where you couldn't assume good faith. Blueboy 96 18:59, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On her userpage, it says she likes piracy and doesnt bother with copyright.—trey^jay–jay 19:00, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, didn't see that. Also, Wikipedia is not a battleground per this edit. I don't think you or Blueboy96 should "keep an eye on me." I am trying to build an encyclopedia. If you or him are here to disrupt my editing, take it else where, because I don't have time for petty games which aren't constructive. This drives off potentially good editors to the project. So the moral of the story is, assume good faith. Miranda 19:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm staying out of this, Miranda ... in my next edit I actually said that I disagreed with Trey. Now, on to more important stuff ... like writing articles. Blueboy 96 19:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I just want to write articles, and not disrupt the encyclopedia. Miranda 20:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citing policies

Please refrain from slapping policy citation on the regulars, reminding experienced users to assume good faith or to read other policies is not a wise idea, these are meant to be cited to newbies but telling experienced editors policies is likely to cause disruption, I have came across WP:SLAP so I suggest you read that. FPT 19:13, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, what are you referring to? I am trying not to disrupt but thanks for your note. Miranda 19:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well I mean your comments at this RfA, your comment on TreyWiki's talk page.....FPT 19:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I commented on that because in my viewpoint, I think administrators need to be familiar with those policies. As for the other user in question, no comment. Miranda 19:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, QST wrote that essay! Awesome! Miranda 20:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Myra Hemmings

Thanks for the correction to the Myra Hemmings article. I hope this makes DYK. Miranda 02:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. We will see how the DYK reviewers see it, especially considering how increasingly stringent they have gotten over the last two months. Chris 12:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 July, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Myra Hemmings, 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.

--Andrew c ^[talk] 00:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WOW, THANKS! Miranda 01:20, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good job! Congratualtions! Chris 01:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I really worked hard on this. Miranda 03:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Can you make a ad banner to Wikipedia:WikiProject R&B and Soul Music?

I'd be grateful if so!

Thanks in advance! Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 02:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I will make this and another one later. (Reminder: Oregon and R&B). Miranda 03:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image scale in White House China Room article

Hi Miranda, I am curious as to your thinking in changing the image sizes. Thanks. Jim CApitol3 12:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Commons category. Miranda 17:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sand Box

Is a user able to create more than one sandbox? Or are users allowed only one sandbox? If a user can create a second (or third or fourth) sandox, how does one do that? If a user is not allowed to create multiple sandboxes, how does one work on (and save) projects when one is working on multiple projects at the same time? Thanks. (JosephASpadaro 18:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Yes under this, multiple sandboxes/subpages are allowed. For example, please see my sandbox shown here: User:Miranda/sandbox. Cheers. Miranda 18:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your help on this sand-box issue. I appreciate your input and directing me to the correct links. I am glad to see that users can have multiple sandboxes to work on multiple projects at a time. I had assumed we only "get" one sandbox ... so this is good news to me. Thanks again. (JosephASpadaro 19:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]