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User:MiraLuka/Nav

MiraLuka is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Misplaced Pages sometime around the Fourth of July. He is currently on vacation in Washington, D.C. When he is not busy being a tourist, he will be editing from unstable hotel Internet connections and may disappear in the middle of conversations or other editing.

Archives: 1 (February 11, 2006 - present)

Stop

Do not edit any user pages, ever, especially not mine. Continue to do it again and I will have you reported for vandalism. Have a great day. :) Drakky 06:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm

Thank you for the edit, magic stranger. I don't know who you are or what your edit did, but I spotted you helping to clean up the UW-Madison page, which makes you A-OK in my book. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lemonsawdust (talk • contribs) 4 June 2006, 22:28 (UTC).

Heh, you're welcome. What my edit did was (hopefully) protect your userbox again possible deletion attempts. I know it doesn't look any different, but it should help. —Mira 03:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I took the liberty of ensuring that everyone knows I like pornography, as well. Thanks for userspacing them. Lemonsawdust 04:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that just made my day. —Mira 04:59, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I go to your school, I hope to see you around. I really could use some tips on making my user page prettier, and you seem like the guy to ask. (Enjoyment of pornography not required ;D ) Lemonsawdust 13:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Heh, well, did you have anything specific in mind, or just general prettiness? ;) —Mira 06:02, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I was hoping to get my userboxes organized so they're not a big ridonkulous mess, like they are now. Lemonsawdust 08:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Let's see...one easy way (and the way I use) is to add {{Boxboxtop}} to the top of your list (and remove the <div style... stuff you have there now) and {{Boxboxbottom}} to the end of the list. If you do that, I'd also suggest moving the entire list up to the top of the page - it'll look strange in the edit window, but it'll display better. If that's too long, you could also try chopping them up into sections. —Mira 08:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. You can also use {{Boxboxtop|left}} to display the column on the left or {{Boxboxtop|center}} to display it in the center. —Mira 08:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Gotta catch 'em all...

We seem to have taken care of that category rather quickly. Good work :) --Disavian 06:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Heh, almost, I still need to take care of a few. But after that, I'm out of the userbox business. Good luck with the rest! —Mira 07:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Done. Many thanks for the advice. FearÉIREANN\ 15:12, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Would you be willing to help? (Userboxes)

Hi, I remember that you put forth your name as a friendly admin at WP:TGS, and I was wondering if you could help me out. I created a number of userboxes in my userspace without thinking, and I'd like to get them deleted so I can actually move the templates there in order to preserve the history. The thing is, I'd like to do it in batches so I can fix things up without falling too far behind. If I just posted a few links here a day, could you drop by and delete the pages? Thanks. —Mira 07:38, 9 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from GTBacchus' talk page 02:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC))

Yes

I can do that. Just leave me links, and let me know what you need done. -GTBacchus 13:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Batch 1

Hello again, I'm dropping by with the first bunch. If you'd rather I put the links somewhere else in the future, just let me know where. Thanks for doing this.

1 2 3 4 5 6

P.S. Please delete the talk pages too. And thanks again. —Mira 03:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from GTBacchus' talk page 09:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC))

Done

This system works for me. -GTBacchus 04:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Batch 2

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 —Mira 09:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from GTBacchus' talk page 21:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC))

Hello again

Hi, it's me again. I just wanted to mention that I posted the next batch of subpages I'd like deleted back up under the old heading where we were talking a few days ago. I hope I don't seem impatient, because I'm not; feel free to delete at your convenience. I'm just a little worried that you didn't get my message, as I didn't post it on the bottom of your page. Thank you. —Mira 03:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Done

Sorry for the delay. My talk page has been active lately, and I missed your post until you posted a reminder. Please feel free to do what it takes to get my attention; I'll try to be more alert. -GTBacchus 05:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

You moved my pronoun box!!

Thanks! I had no idea this was going on. Fear is the mind killer! — vijay (Talk) 05:39, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) —Mira 05:44, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Someone else who...

Removes all the spam on the Charmed pages. Thanks for that... you wouldn't think one show could attract so many little girls who like to put their fanfiction into articles, or talk about which Charmed boy is the sexiest in the article. Just commenting on your dedication really. :) Zythe 23:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I notice you around a lot too. :) —Mira 01:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Would you consider adding Category:Wikipedians who like Charmed to your page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zythe (talk • contribs) 13 June 2006, 09:35 (UTC).

Of course! —Mira 21:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hi there, saw your visit to my userpage. I tried to follow the discussion, but as best as I can understand it, you did something useful and helpful, because as I get it, the way userboxes are managed is going to change. Did I get it right? mitchsensei

Yep. Basically, all userboxes are being moved into User: space, and the links will be changing too. I imagine you'll get lots more visits from other users correcting links in the near future. —Mira 19:03, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

When was this decided? Last time I checked there still was no consensus, and the straw polls I've seen about it did not seem to favour moving the userboxes into user space (though I admit I may not have seen all polls) (And yes I've read Misplaced Pages:German userbox solution but no I don't agree with it nor do I think it should be implemented without more discussion) -- Hirudo 08:47, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

There were no straw polls on WP:GUS, and there does seem to be consensus among the users who have participated there to implement the proposal. However, if you have concerns, I (and other users, I'm sure) would be open to hearing them, but I think they would be better placed on the proposal's talk page rather than here. —Mira 09:36, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Stupid me totally forgot to read the talk page on the proposal's page. While I still think that moving the boxes from template space to a non-centralized location on different user's pages is a bad idea, it seems that the effort is too far underway to stop it. Too bad. Thanks for the quick reply though -- Hirudo 13:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Some semi-centralized directories are quickly forming. This and this are probably the best ones so far. —Mira 22:38, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the userbox update - much nicer than seeing a bunch of code because something got switched around. ;' ) - Tzaquiel 02:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) —Mira 03:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Edits

Why are you constantly editing my User Page? It does get annoying, seeing that you have made no change to my User page. Weirdy 00:10, 12 June 2006 (UTC) Hello!

There may not be any visible changes, but if you check the history, you will see that some of your userbox links have been changed. The new links will continue to display with no visible changes, but if the links had not been changed, the userboxes probably would not display correctly. —Mira 03:38, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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TGS becomes GUS

Thank you for being bold! The simple reordering of words prevented my kneejerk reaction from reoccurring; funny thing, that. -- nae'blis _(talk) 01:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. —Mira 02:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Shemale attraction userbox

Hi there. I've noticed that you added a userbox to the listing at Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Sexuality. Would you mind if I also included that userbox at User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/Sexuality? —Mira 06:41, 16 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from Dark Tichondrias' talk page 21:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC))

Why would there need to be two userboxes with the same content?--Dark Tichondrias

I think you might have misunderstood me. I don't want to copy the userbox, I just want to add a link to it from my page. —Mira 21:07, 16 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from Dark Tichondrias' talk page 21:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC))

Adding a link is okay.--Dark Tichondrias

Thank you. Would you mind if I did the same thing with your cross-dressing box? —Mira 21:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC) (copied from Dark Tichondrias' talk page 21:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC))

I do not mind. You do not have to ask. Link both. --Dark Tichondrias

AFD

Please review Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of relationships with age disparity and please take a side. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs) 16 June 2006, 11:01 (UTC).

List of Law & Order episodes (season 16)

You're right, we did go over this. More to the point, you're right I did fail to respond. Unfortunate of me, and I apologise unreservedly. Not appropiate of me to do slow-motion revert warring like that.
brenneman 09:05, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

No apology needed, really. I am still willing to talk about this if you like... As I was writing that, a random thought occurred to me. Maybe there's some kind of episode guide at the "official" Law & Order site. Would that kind of link be more acceptable? I'll go look to see if something like that exists. —Mira 09:11, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's one from NBC.com. —Mira 09:17, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm very happy with that. Thanks for being flexible. - brenneman 09:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I'm glad we've found a solution we both are happy with. —Mira 09:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Adding category designation to userbox

MiraLuka, it is common to have a userbox add a category as part of the userbox. When there is an applicable category, why wouldn't you want to have it added automatically? After all, if you are adding the userbox, you have already put yourself in the category. In this case: {{User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/User straight}}. Thanks! DavidBailey 03:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

The use of user categories in userboxes is controversial, and as one of the major reasons for the implementation of WP:GUS is to avoid controversy, I think it is better that categories stay out of userboxes. However, the categories are listed at User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/Sexuality right next to the userboxes, and I added the category to all pages which were using the userbox before the category was removed.

P.S. There is a related discussion going on at the talk page of WP:GUS that you may be interested in. —Mira 03:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Heterosexual

I was wondering why you added the category heterosexual wikipedians to my userpage separately instead of incorporating it in the template itself as is standard practice. This creates problems with organisation. If there is no particular problem, I'll add the category to the template. Loom91 07:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

All right, I see your reaons. Loom91 07:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)