User talk:Richards

Hey, there's this little button next to Save page, it says "Show preview". Use it once in a while, okay? --GreyMario 01:45, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

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VengefulDonut 09:59, 13 April 2008 (EDT)

^{adding emphasis to a major point that Richards completely overlooked five hours after this notice was added. Sigh. Maybe he'll decide to read his talk page now that he's being bugged again by the wiki software. --GreyMario 16:59, 13 April 2008 (EDT)}

I appreciate the concern GreyMario, but please keep in mind that I've contributed a couple large articles today and bound to make mistakes with my wording from time to time. I will try to make sure my additions are thoroughly checked for spelling mistakes the next time I submit a change. Thanks.--Richards 17:22, 13 April 2008 (EDT)

Btw, greymario. He tagged the cleanup edits as minor. This means you can click on "hide minor edits" on the recent changes list to hide them. VengefulDonut 18:46, 13 April 2008 (EDT)

Okay, yeah, I overlooked that detail. Whoops. --GreyMario 00:44, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

Hydra

(Yes, but it's a nice peice of trivia.)

Exactly - it's trivia, nothing to do with DF. If we let in every bit of cool trivia, this site would be a disaster - so where do we draw the line, except at "none"? I know trivia, I know mythology - maybe vast amounts of "nice trivia" everywhere would be an improvement - or maybe a link to the actual wiki article is better. And keeps to the site guidelines.--Albedo 02:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
A fine compromise - imo there is a significant (and important) diff between a dedicated passage on Greek mythology, and a side comment and link-reference to that origin. Readya later.--Albedo 08:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

That's also a nice comment to put in because the wiki link on the side bar doesn't take one to the Hydra page, but instead a giant list of different uses of the Hydra and a person wouldn't instantly know which one to check if they wanted more info on the Hydra.– unsigned comment by Shardok