User talk:Vayne
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[edit] Prepositions
Hi! I have reverted your edit to the Prepositions:no userbox. The grammar of the box, while absurd, was in fact quite correct; indeed, the absurdity was the point, I believe. Your change would have made the grammar incorrect, and while that may have been a similar point of irony to making the grammar awkward, that particular example of irony does not amuse me, it merely makes me cringe every time I read through my userboxen.
So, going forward, we have three options:
- Attempt to come to a consensus within the community for the correct form for the userbox to take.
- Create a fork of the userbox, making a new copy thereof within your user namespace and using it as you see fit.
- You (or someone else) can convince me that, for whatever reason, your change was correct.
Again, to emphasize--my reversion was not intended to be punitive in any way. I believe, from looking through your edit history, that you were genuinely attempting to fix what you saw as an error, for which motivation I am grateful. As such, I look forward to speedily resolving this situation in the best interest of the Project, with your input.
Jouster (whisper) 17:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hello. Rereading over the userbox in question I just realized how silly my mistake was. I did exactly what it said I shouldn't: ended a sentence with a preposition. I try to use correct grammar, but sometimes it alludes me.
- Although I understand your choice of words for the userbox now, looking at the edit history it appears I'm not the first person to make this mistake. It might be grammatically correct, but in my opinion it doesn't read right. Most people who read the box will likely miss the irony it presents and assume it as wrong regardless of whether or not it is.
- Either way, it's okay. I was trying to find a few userboxes for my userpage, stumbled across the one in question, edited what I assumed to be a mistake, and moved on. As my assumption was incorrect, I apologize. I'm new to the whole concept of contributing to Wikipedia and am doing my best to figure things out one step at a time. Vayne 06:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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- No worries. I'd rather have people misunderstand it when it has the right grammar than the other way around. To be honest, userboxen are typically for the user's amusement more than any actual conveyance of information to a third party, so misinterpretation ought to be rare, anyway.
- Happy to hear you're enjoying Wikipedia. Keep up the good work! Jouster (whisper) 22:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How to make a table and explanation why I reverted your update
Although I like the idea of listing all the weapons in BF2, the format you used (list) created a heck of a lot of white space and just screamed for a table. Here's how to make a table on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BirdKr (talk • contribs) 13:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC).
However, I think it's a better alternative to instead mention some of these weapons in the class section of the article. This article had and is under a massive cleanup so that it won't become a game guide as it was before. We want each section to be general and brief for those who do not have this game. Easter eggs, hints/guides/tips, community-based memes, all those are considered to be not needed by those who have been editting the BF2 article for some time.
I won't erase the weapons table if you do so create it, but don't be surprised if other editors do under the reason of "being a game guide".
P.S. I'm new at directly communicating with other users. If I have to post this on my own space, tell me and I'll do so.
--BirdKr 14:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Ad-Aware screenshot at German Wiki
Can you please add the screenshot at the german Ad-Aware article? You can find it here: [1]
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[edit] Re: Tuolumne County
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