User talk:ArielGold


Main	Talk	Userboxes	Awards	Archives	Images	Email

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi ArielGold! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Wikipedia, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more!

Get involved by:

Visiting our website for resources, events, and more
Meet other women and share your story in our profile space
Participate at and "like" our Facebook group
Join the conversation on our Twitter feed
Reading and writing for our blog channel
Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering
Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience!

Thanks for editing Wikipedia, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- EdwardsBot (talk) 01:26, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Second ever Wiki Angel Award

		The Wiki Angel Award
		Ariel, I know you haven't edited in awhile, but I think of you often and I hope you are doing well. You have always been a true Wiki Angel and we all miss you. PumpkinSky talk 18:35, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, Thank you SO much PumpkieWumpkie (Yes, I just gave you a completely stupidly embarassing nickname, but you could consider it an honor, since this is my first edit to my talk page in over THREE YEARS!!! :)

But seriously, (am I ever?) thank you, and wow. And wow have I forgotten more than I ever knew, and then some! It seems I should be able to indent this under your box, but do I remember HOW to do that? Of course I do not! Because I am a dolt with a degenerative brain disease! I'm lucky there's an auto-sign on the edit box!

(And I'm not kidding, I really don't remember how to edit, how to make things bold, and how MUCH [I'm sure tons] of the policies have changed, so I'll have to get my ancient aging sick brain to figure stuff out, and will probably have a ton of questions. My first one is:

Does ANYONE remember me? If you do, how do you make something bold? LOL!)

Ariel♥Gold 01:52, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back after ... three and a half years?!? Bold is '''bold''', and I don't blame you for forgetting after that long. Acroterion (talk) 01:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ohhhhh It is the colon! YAY Someone remembered me. And bold is the thingies, you know, the thingies. YAY! Thanks Acro!!! You rock! Ariel♥Gold 02:02, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of colon jokes come to mind, and I was at a loss for the name of the thingies too - single quotes, I suppose. Glad you're back and feeling better, I hope. By the way, PumpkinSky used to be Rlevse, just so you know. Acroterion (talk) 02:11, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Acro--she's well aware of it. Ariel--great to see you back and hope you can keep editing.PumpkinSky talk 02:17, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't quite sure whether she'd kept up with username changes. Ariel, what page needs to be unlocked? Acroterion (talk) 02:19, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I didn't know about the name change!!! (Or maybe I did and don't remember?) But I knew R would find me no matter what, lol. Now I want to know the reason for the change, lmao. Feel free to email me or text me to explain. But I still can't figure out how to post on a talk page and have it go to the bottom, I tried to on Pumpkie's page, but it didn't work... and I was afraid I'd erase all the stuff that was on there so I didn't edit. I'm an idiot. Ariel♥Gold 02:37, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back.▪◦▪≡SiREX≡^Talk 02:40, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Sirex!!!! Wow, three people remember me! Heheheheh. But this just looks odd, shouldn't there be lines between each person's post? Or something, I can't figure this new talk page out!!! Ariel♥Gold 02:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

________

And I lost all my archives. I don't see them anywhere, and can't figure out how to put what I archived into a page. I thought I used to have a link to archives, but it seems to be gone. I wonder if all the pages of archives are gone, too... I guess that's question 1.

Question 2: How do I make a space between paragraphs or topics?

Question 3: How can I get a post to be at the bottom of the page? I tried to post on Pumpkie's page and it just showed nothing and I was afraid it would erase everything so I didn't hit save. I'm seriously frustrated!!! Ariel♥Gold 02:42, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay yeah, I just looked at some user pages, and these posts aren't showing up in my table of contents, so I'm doing something majorly wrong... Ariel♥Gold 02:47, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your archives are listed here [1] and your userspace subpages are here [2]. Paragraph breaks are two full returns (one line of whitespace), or a section break with the double = brackets, colon, etc. For posting at the bottom, scroll down to the bottom, bearing in mind that WP does everything the hard way, even with respect to the editing interface. And of course all is reversible, so you won't break the wiki if you screw up. Acroterion (talk) 02:49, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But when I click 'edit' at the top, I see it says post new things at the bottom of this part, and I do, but it showed up at the top! I don't know why!! And what happened to the link on this page that showed my archives? I can't find that either. And everyone who knows me knows when I get frustrated I give up... and I'm seriously frustrated, lol.

Does vandalism happen still? Is it all reverted by bots now? Is there still a page that you post ... oh I forget, dang my brain... something, a page that you reported bad posts that an admin went and fixes? Or warns people? Do warnings still exist, and blocks? Jeez... R we gotta talk on the phone to catch me up. lol. Acro, you rock for answering my obvious stupid questions, I do seriously think that I've lost all memory of things, I still don't get how to make a topic, the thing that is numbered in the TOC, like on your talk page, I tried, and it previewed and it was at the top so I didn't post it. *sigh* (Edit: Arrrghhhhh, it doesn't keep indents indented. I need to figure out how to make this a new numbered conversation. Somehow. Omg, it is 11pm, ahhhh!!!! Ariel♥Gold 02:55, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you make a new section Using the + tab), it'll show up at the top of your editing window, but it'll go in at the bottom of the page as a new section when you save.

As for vandals, we don't have any, the bots take care of that, and we all have flying cars now. Seriously, most vandalism gets nabbed by bots (which give warnings) or the somewhat Orwellianly-named edit filter, but we still have plenty of vandals, and 14-year-olds are just as smutty as ever. I'll look for your archive box, but it's 11 PM here too, so it might be tomorrow. Acroterion (talk) 03:08, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh! Ariel! It's so good to see you editing! I've missed you and hope you stick around awhile. ♥♥♥♥ Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 05:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great to meet you! - In case you still search for your archives, here they are. Off to singing the music on my user, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ps: I happily moved you here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ArielGold, I remember you! I didn't expect to see your name appear in my watchlist again; I'm pleased that you're back! I'm happy to provide you with assistance if you need any. Best. Acalamari 08:53, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back, Ariel! Montanabw^(talk) 20:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WB, Ariel! Long time no see! --Mike Vitale 01:30, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mikey!!! And Kei and Acalamari, and I DO remember you Gerda ;) Thank you for the page change, I didn't even know it existed, and I'm glad that it does! And who did I forget? Anyone? Bueller... Bueller? I pretty much messed up this page, though, didn't I? lol. Sorry for all the wonky edits, I still can't remember how to make a smiley face, or how to make things numbered, I thought it was just the number symbol in front of the sentence, but it keeps just saying 1 1 1 1 for each line, so I gave up the edit I wanted to make. And now, my aching aging body is screaming at me after a day at the Church Team Huddle Party (I got to ride in a wheelbarrow! Big burly guy pushing me around, less than 80lbs, we SO won that part of the relay. Totally owned. Sadly, the hoola hooper didn't hoop well enough and we came in second, lol. Goodnight, and Suena con las angelitas, Ohana. (Yes, I do realize that is more than one language. I could add some French in there too if anyone cared...) Grrr, need a winky smiley face!! ;) Ariel♥Gold 03:18, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Testing...

I don't want this at the top!!!

HA! Got it. I'll have to figure out where the page is to report those pesky 14 year olds. (No, that's not age-ism, I guess it *could* be a bit predjudiced, but meant in just a general sense, so all you GOOD 14 year old editors, take no offense. :) ) Dang, forgot how to make smiley faces too... Ariel♥Gold 03:21, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer

Per your note on my talkpage, I've given you the "reviewer" right, which was implemented, then withdrawn, then reinstated over the past couple of years. It allows a gentler moderation for moderate-traffic articles that need to have some oversight for BLP reasons, genre trolling, etc. Reviewers can accept or reject changes and are themselves auto-reviewed. It was being kicked around when you started your break, to be mainly applied to BLPs.

Feel free to ask me questions as they occur to you. Real life has suddenly gotten busy this week for me, so I may not be around a lot, but I'm sure your talkpage stalkers or mine can help. Acroterion (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oy... Thank you dearly! But what is BLP? I'm not sure what the new "rights" do, and wouldn't want to edit something without understanding them first. Like how I review all the preferences, options, etc., before ever using a new computer program, so I know what it does and can't do. I think the majority of people who used to watch my talk page have given up, and if I remember right, the amount of edits coming in, good or bad, makes a comment on someone's page scroll right off in just a few minutes, or faster.

I remember vaguely the conversation about having someone review changes to the FAs and GAs, but it seemed that it flew in the face of defiance if implemented, it would no longer be a fully 'free' editable online encyclopia. I imagine it is just for Good Articles and above? I mean, who would want to review all the thousands of "picachoo" (or however it is spelled) articles? Who even reads them?? But what's BLP? And thank you very much, Acro! Ariel♥Gold 22:34, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

BLP = Biography of a Living Person. Nothing to do with GAs and FAs, just a way to keep libel away. Happily, Pokemon has subsided as an area of vast interest, replaced now by professional wrestling and mixed martial arts ... Acroterion (talk) 22:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh...I remembered what BLP is. Just took my brain a while to figure it out, heh. (P.S. I'm looking at the code to my sig, and it *should* lead the word "Gold" to my talk page, but doesn't. I can't see any difference between the way it is coded in 'Ariel', do you have any idea what I have wrong?) Ariel♥Gold 22:41, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's just because you're on your talk, the code looks right to me... Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 22:53, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ohhhhh DUH DUH DUH!!!!!! I did know that, really, I did! I was just testing you, Kei. ;) But when is someone going to teach me how to make REAl smiley faces!!! Heh. Ariel♥Gold 22:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]