Editing User talk:Spectre

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== So read it... ==

Hi. That was put up there for you to give a quick read over.  If you're going to be active on the wiki, you are a most welcome addition - but only if take a moment to learn the few guidelines we do have. This is not a censure - far from it - rather an encouragement to own what you are interested in.  In the case of your "gems" page, 2 things: First, article names are singular if possible, and second, check out the old 40d article for a clue how it was done. (Via '''<nowiki>{{av}}</nowiki>''' link is the easiest way.)  Doesn't have to be identical, but many edits were put into refining those into their current form, and most (not all, but "most") are pretty good.  Anyway, readya later.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 03:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
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 Hi. That was put up there for you to give a quick read over.  If you're going to be active on the wiki, you are a most welcome addition - but only if take a moment to learn the few guidelines we do have. This is not a censure - far from it - rather an encouragement to own what you are interested in.  In the case of your "gems" page, 2 things: First, article names are singular if possible, and second, check out the old 40d article for a clue how it was done. (Via '''<nowiki>{{av}}</nowiki>''' link is the easiest way.)  Doesn't have to be identical, but many edits were put into refining those into their current form, and most (not all, but "most") are pretty good.  Anyway, readya later.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 03:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
- If you got a problem with that...
-Hi. Do you see any contradiction with that interpretation and the following lines?...
- ...you are a most welcome addition...
- ...This is not a censure - far from it - rather an encouragement to own what you are interested in.
-I try not to waste time with people who have no promise.  I don't usually "have a problem" with someone who makes an honest effort but is merely unaware of the guidelines.  You showed me both, and I was pointing toward where you want to go next to solve the latter if you are interested in editing, which I thought you were.  And also so you were clear on why your effort got the axe - something I don't do for true "problem" editors.  If you, in turn, have a problem with that, then likewise I'm sure.  But I'm hoping you read only part of the above in a pre-coffee blur, and not all of it, and jumped to conclusions based on only the section title - which in this light might not have been the best choice. Either way, hope to read you later as an editor, rather than just a user.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 16:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)