1. If you want to pressure me into editing the Esperanza essay, don't. Just don't. If you persist, I will consider it harassment and seek administrative action.
Wikipedia is at heart a volunteer project; people freely offer their work because they want to. They're not obligated to work on a specific article, or to do any work at all. It took months of painful debate to settle on a mutually acceptable text, and I don't want to subject myself to any more stress on its account.
2. Please be civil and respect that this ismytalk page. That means avoiding excessive images (barnstars and smileys are fine, within reason), not treating my talk page as your personal chat room, and not altering your comments after the fact.
3. Please sign your messages by typing ~~~~ or by using the edit toolbar. The automated signature button is the one to the right of the crossed out "W".
Please understand if I do not respond immediately. Also please be understanding if I do not answer your message in the order that it was received, or if I do not answer your message at all. I just don't have the time or energy to respond to everyone, so please accept my apologies if your message goes unanswered.
I will ordinarily answer on your talk page, unless requested to do otherwise. Thank you!
You're very welcome for the welcome back. :) Tell me when you've updated the header and I'll semi-protect it for you. I am very glad to see you're back. Acalamari23:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your header is semi-protected. :) By the way, your user page is currently fully-protected by Riana. I had semi-protected it, but she changed it to full not long later. The protection will expire on 20:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC). Would you like me to change or extend the protection at all for you? Acalamari23:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed :) You were missed! I know you're probably still busy in meatspace, but I'll be looking forward to seeing you in my Watchlist anyway. Hoping you enjoyed your time away, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I really didn't want to see this page flooded with "welcome back" messages, but it would also be unpardonably rude of me to not welcome you back. ;) So, welcome back! :) — $PЯINGεrαgђ 23:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey!! I'm not sure why your talkpage didn't pop up on my watchlist, but your message on Alison's page did... I know you're still busy, but it's still great to have you around even a little bit :) ~ Riana ⁂12:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kyoko! *huge tight hug* it's SO nice to see you around again, I missed you so much while you were gone! Looking forward to seeing you about and dropping in from time to time, love you tons <3 -- Editor at Large • talk16:50, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Kyoko, Thanks for your welcome to me, ref Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann novel) edits, at my IP address number as a userpage (which I can't actually remember offhand...)! Very kind of you...I'm afraid my machine kept logging me in and out and I am the same user as Eebahgum, with whom I have been alternating edits! I have now made a fair lot of changes to Doc F and think I shall leave it about there, though a few more wikilinks may be in order. Should there be a template on this article? Hope you like it, Eebahgum13:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
and thankyou also for the other message! I didn't really notice that no-one had welcomed me as I purposely opened furtively. You could discover more by following me quietly to here and here as well, but I had to move away. It was that or leave completely. May peaceful and constructive thought surround you (and me!). Best wishes, Eebahgum22:24, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is me calling in from the days when you were making wonderful contributions to take the article Bengali Language Movement to FA status, and I was at the sidelines appreciating you. Now the article Biman Bangladesh Airlines is in need for your help. It is almost ready for an FAC, but the current Bangladesh lot still doesn't have a good copyeditor. Preston McConkie is helping out. But, it needs you. Please... pretty please... If you need to ask any question, or want someone to do a bit of research, I promise to help with everything I have. Aditya(talk • contribs)18:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just made an edit to History section but missed the inuse template. Feel free to overwrite my changes and I'll add them back in. → AA(talk) — 19:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kyoko, can you tell me who is mainly responsible for the Clinical trials page? I appreciate your starting to simplify it. However, the whole article should be rewritten to be accessible to non-experts. I don't want to tamper with a "B" class article without getting some support. I am quite familiar with the field so for me to work on the page is more a matter of politics than expertise. One approach might be to have a simplified abstract of the page like an infobox. I really feel two articles, one for beginners and one for experts, would be the best solution. Any thoughts welcome. Sofia Roberts23:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've returned to Wikipedia in the last few days, and I notice by chance, that you seem to have too! Welcome back.
My last action before I left Wikipedia previously was to comment on your editor review - so I'm glad to see you around still and hopefully Wikipedia isn't causing too much stress for you :)
Hope things are going well. :) If you feel particularly motivated, you could always check out my current Editor Review. But, come and say Hi on my talk page at least! You're one of my favourites on here :) Pursey16:38, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Aspirin has been selected as this week's Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week! Please help us bring this article up to featured standards during the week. The goal is to nominate this at WP:FAC on September 10, 2007.
The Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology main page has been updated and overhauled, to make it easier to find things, as well as to highlight other goals and announcements for the project.
Fvasconcellos notes that discussion is ongoing regarding the current wording of MEDMOS on including dosage information in drug articles. All input is welcome.
Hi Kyoko, I read your message. I'm going to try to simplify the page. One thing I like a lot is using boxes and numbered or bulleted lists. Inserting tables to reiterate long paragraphs of text will be my first way of making the page more user-friendly; that is, if I can find the template :) Sofia Roberts21:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Message from Coordinator: It's been almost two months since the last newsletter came out, so there are a fair few people who haven't really been kept up with our project. I'd like to welcome all those who have joined and those who have returned, and strongly reccommend that you use the talkpage for any queries or problems you have. Happy editing!
Article News
The ongoing effort to create a comprehensive list of LGB people has begun to bear fruit - /A AND the /W-Z lists have been featured! Congratulations to Dev920 and SatyrTN who nominated them respectively. Please consider pitching in the the remaining lists to help us get them finished before the end of the year.
Project News
WP:LGBT now has an IRC channel! It is #LGBTProject on Freenode. Users without IRC or Xchat can use the java app at java.freenode.net to access the channel from their web browser. Hope to see you in there sometime!
David Shankbone has taken a LOT of photos. An idea has been mooted to create a page for listing people who are willing to take images in their area on request, please give your thoughts here.
Considerable discussion has recently been held on our coverage of same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. You may be interested to read it.
The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now been reduced by over 30%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
A gay cabal conspiracy ghost has been created to do with what you will. :)
Wooh, massive gay conspiracy...
Member News
Since the last newsletter was released, we have had more members been labelled inactive than who have signed up - please consider recruiting a few more people if you can, a WikiProject is only as good as its members. :)
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Thanks for supporting my recent successful RfA. I appreciate that you took the time to clarify your supporting statement and the humour you used when fixing another editor's comment. Let me know if I can help you out with anything. Cheers! -- Flyguy649talkcontribs03:41, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!
Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.
Muscle relaxant has been selected as the new Collaboration of the week until October 2, 2007! This article is currently rated as a "stub", so it's got quite a bit of work cut out for collaborators! Admittedly, featured status could be a long way off,... but still attainable! At the least, maybe we could at least get it up to meeting the Good article criteria? Please stop by the article and help improve it.
Resveratrol, having recently achieved GA status on August 16, 2007, is now making a run for featured status. This is quite a fascinating compound. If you can, please stop by its discussion page and leave comments in support of it.
Please remember that Wikipedia is not a forum for discussing or dispensing medical advice amongst users. Specifically, talk pages of articles should only be used to discuss improving the actual article in question. To help alleviate this situation, the template {{talkheader}} may be added to the top of talk pages, reminding users of the purpose of such pages. Additionally, unsigned comments and comments by anonymous users that are inappropriate may be removed from talk pages without being considered vandalism.
I like it. Short and sweet, and a nice powerful message too. I'll leave your page at semi for now, let's see how we go. I've left the move-protection as sysop-only because there's no real reason for your userpage to be moved anyway. ~ Riana ⁂17:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not the usual RfA either. Thank you so much for supporting my RfA "over there" which passed unanimously today :) I really appreciate you taking the time out to do that (and your translation, too). I've translated your talk page, BTW, as requested.
I believe you now have Kyoko on en.wikt. Please try it out and let me know if anything still doesn't work. Note that I read my Wiktionary talk page far more regularly than the one here. Dvortygirl03:19, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
... I hope that this isn't going to cause any pain, but I just read your Esperanza essay. I was never involved in that in any way... but... your essay really pulled on my heartstrings. Anyway, don't know if I've got a point here, but I just felt like I had to respond in some way. I hope you are doing OK now Kyoko. - Ta bu shi da yu15:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was reading about Esperanza, which wasn't something I ever really paid much attention to (I cut back my admin duties during that time, so missed the furore). Then I went to another editor's page (username escapes me now), and then I saw Elaragirl's userpage and she said that you needed support. So I was curious, and went to your user page. Then I saw your essay in your user page. I'm really sorry about the whole debacle, people really pour their hearts and souls into Wikipedia (I do!) and when these sort of things happen it can be really painful. But I'm glad you're doing OK, and even more glad to see you still contributing to the project! If you need any help, give me a holler - via email, or on my talk page. - Ta bu shi da yu23:45, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, dear, for all the help, encouragement, love, patience and inspiration that keeps flowing from you. One of my friends - AA has is currently up for an RfA. If possible, you could take a peek. And, uh... could you take a look at Sitakunda Upazila? Looking for suggestions right now. Would take it to peer review soon. Aditya(talk • contribs)14:44, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I ran across your wonderful userpage and happened to notice that you speak French. I got involved in an article through my anti-vandal efforts that is primarily sourced from French language sources and I was hoping to find someone to review the content and keep an eye for additions that may violate WP:BLP. The article is Jean-Paul Ney. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Dreadstar†18:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your most kind response! I didn't mean to put pressure on you to watchlist the article, and I really appreciate any help you can provide. We've asked a couple of different Wikiproject French groups to assist as well. Thanks! Dreadstar†16:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I wouldn't mind at all, on the contrary I'm flattered. No need to credit me, I think I just ripped it off from the {{afc top}} template with a few minor tweaks. delldottalk23:26, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVII - October 2007
The October 2007 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
The LGBT studies project has been rather quiet of late. Though we've added over 180 new members in the last year, only a small percentage are active participants. If you haven't visited our project or talk page in a while, please stop by for a look. Also, if you happen to bump into another editor who you feel might enjoy working with us, please extend an invitation. There's lot's do do, and the active members would sincerely appreciate some help.
Our Peer review project is struggling at the present, with only a few people reviewing the articles. While it is certainly possible to submit articles for a general peer review, a review by members of the LGBT community can be of additional value for LGBT specific writing. There are several articles currently up for review on a wide range of topics. At the very least, reading the articles will undoubtedly broaden your intellectual horizons :-)
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Yes, me either; it would be completely unmanageable otherwise. I do try to check most diffs (using popups) to spot obvious vandalism or whatnot, but it has indeed become more of a "list of articles that interest me" :) I also watch some articles I've deleted, to check for recreation. I don't remember specifics offhand, but I have had a few nice surprises here (such as a copyvio being recreated with original material, or an article on someone seemingly non-notable being rewritten with good sources). Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:55, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
" Enzyme kinetics; 23:05 . . (-6) . . Kyoko (Talk | contribs | block) (rvv; what's with all the vandalism?)" <-- The "Enzyme kinetics" articles is featured on the main page. --JWSchmidt06:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you dear Kyoko, for your kind words, I'm slowly feeling a bit better, although still quite tired. And yes, it is good to finally "meet" you officially, as of course, I know we've got many common Wiki-friends, and I've actually spoken of you quite fondly. I hope you are well, and would be happy to run into you again in the future! Thank you again for your kindness, it is greatly welcomed and appreciated! Ariel♥Gold02:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Good morning, Kyoko, it's a pleasure to talk to you again. I've made you an account at Vero, please check your email to pick up your password (no, I didn't create that, the machine did, and you can easily change it to something a little more...humane). Cheers, MoreschiTalk09:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, OK! I just open up the article in edit mode and Control+F </ref>, or whatever it finds is wrong, and correct it. And as for the e-mail, not at all, it was very helpful :) ~ Riana ⁂12:26, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I ran it through the parser myself (not uploading, just running it through) and found one last little </ref>,. Fixed that and it says it's OK - have a go now? ~ Riana ⁂13:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, it's you :) I've been meaning to catch up with you! Would you also be interested in becoming a Veropedia contributor? You're an awesome contributor here & the way Vero works is that all article improvement and editing is done on Wikipedia first. Whaddya think? - Alison❤23:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Add {{subst:js|User:Omegatron/monobook.js/addlink.js}} and {{subst:js|User:Gimmetrow/fixRefs.js}} to your monobook (saving and purging your cache after each; you may already have the first one). A link called "Fix reference marks" will appear in your toolbox, probably under "Special pages", when you are in edit mode. Click it and reference placement in the page/section you are editing will be fixed. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:35, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize for not providing an adequate explanation for removing your edit. I removed your edit at the same time as another, and assumed that both claimed notability by using the music. Trivia sections have proved contentious, especially in opera articles, and I have caused a bit of a stir on occasions by often making sweeping revisions. The guideline for trivia on Wikipedia (WP:TRIVIA) admits that it is difficult to separate irrelevant information from that that is notable. With regard to your edit, I believe there are two specific issues with claiming notability on the basis of plot. The first is that Der Ring is based heavily on mythology, and it is difficult to distinguish whether a later work is based on the original work (the Nieblungenlied) or the adapted work (Der Ring des Nibelungen). The second is that such a reference, in my opinion, adds nothing to the appreciation of the work, which is my test for inclusion on the site. I must admit total ignorance on the television program mentioned, but I doubt it will stay in the minds of Wagnerians the way Anna Russell and Apocalypse Now have.
Best, Alexs letterbox09:45, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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