User talk:156.205.221.3

August 2016
Hello, I'm Bentogoa. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Helwan HA-300, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Bentogoa (talk) 14:17, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

November 2020
Thank you for your attention to detail with this edit to some comments I made over a week ago. However, I reverted it.

I reverted it because:
 * With the exception of "an->a," "it it->it", and "semi protection->semi-protection" the original text was intentional.
 * Too much time had passed to "hide my mistakes." In general, once others have edited the page, it's too late to do a "stealth update" to fix typos on discussion pages.  If it had been 10 minutes instead of 10+ days and if nobody had edited the page since, I would have been grateful for these three corrections.  Had I noticed within that time frame, I would've corrected it myself and re-signed my message.  On the other hand, if I had noticed within a day or two, I might have corrected myself but I would've used the delete / insert -markup convention and added a supplemental signature, so it would be abundantly clear that I wasn't trying to "erase history."  I still may go back and do that.

As a general rule, be very careful editing other people's discussion text. There are times when you SHOULD do it, such as if they have "bad wiki-markup" that is making the page unusable, such as a non-closed template, or they failed to sign their posts (use unsigned or unsigned ip for this purpose). It's also okay to remove material that simply doesn't belong in a discussion in the first place. But otherwise, it's best to leave other people's messages alone. If you DO edit them, make it very clear what you are doing and why, unless there is an over-riding reason, such as editing out personal information prior to asking an administrator to hide it for good, to be "stealthy" about the removal. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)