User talk:2601:246:C200:4619:A4F6:8A76:9987:E7C2

Carol Dweck
You'd have a much better shot at engaging other editors to address some of the concerns you have with the article if you used Talk:Carol Dweck instead of cluttering the article with your hidden-text comments. Schazjmd  (talk)  20:53, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @User:Schazjmd I agree, in an ideal world, that is how our editorial system should operate. In my long experience, the majority of editors, in particular, those driven forth by digital tool alerts, edit without first consulting anything, and rarely if ever, the Talk. However, apart from gross reverts (against which there is no persistent protection), all editors must engage the text if making thoughtful edits. I apologize to you, as one making thoughtful edits, for having to bear with these. If it were only you and I, I would dispense with this hard-learned practice. But long edit summaries (which have character limits), and hidden in-text notes (the ideas of our forebears, for our use)—these at least begin to ensure there is some understanding between all incoming editors before the editing begins. This is all the more important with editors wholly given over to maintaining article appearance, versus what you and I appear to strive for, which is actual article quality. And in the digital space—what real negative, cluttering impact do my few thousand characters of hidden text really have? Cheers, a former prof, and less recently, registered editor. 2601:246:C200:4619:A4F6:8A76:9987:E7C2 (talk) 21:10, 21 June 2023 (UTC)