User talk:Hopelesscross

hi ! Before you get in a jam, please be careful and consider my advice to calm down and learn about the Wikipedia system at that talk page. You may not understand why I'm saying this, but seriously, I'm trying to keep you out of trouble, and you are on the edge. Dennis Brown   (talk)   (contrib)  23:43, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Just so you know, any edit where the editor is really trying to improve Wikipedia, even if they are mistaken, we call that a good faith edit. I don't know if his edits were correct or not, or if your edits are correct or not, but both his and your edits were "good faith". We have a policy on that as well. WP:AGF. Dennis Brown   (talk)   (contrib)  23:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

My fingers are crossed and I'm holding my breath. :) I'm hoping that you are reading WP:BRD for a start.  You have a lot of energy, which is a good thing as long as it is channeled in the right place.  Remember, you can disagree with someone on one or two points, even if you both have the best interests of the article in mind.  That is why we discuss it.  Very often, everyone learns something new.   Dennis Brown    (talk)   (contrib)  23:51, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

As a final note, returning to the ANI isn't necessary, just work on the talk page, quit using !!! marks, try to remain calm, and use the strength of your reasoning, not the volume of your voice, to get your points across. And be patient, wait to see if others agree with you tomorrow. You are more likely to get others to agree with you if you come across as cool, collected and reasonable. Even if it isn't easy to always do. Dennis Brown   (talk)   (contrib)  00:11, 21 April 2012 (UTC)