User talk:Monolithica

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Concerning the SPI investigation
You may have noted you were recently lumped into a (now closed) sockpuppet investigation with my accounts. I'm sorry you had to be dragged into this. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. You just had the bad luck of getting your sentence "(remove from reference and page from citations, [and] ensure  is only used for abbreviations)" interpreted as having very similar interests when you actually clicked the link on the previous request. E to the Pi times i ( talk  |  contribs ) 15:34, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I was totally unaware of it. How did you come to learn of it so quickly as it unfolded? A single expression does not a sock puppet make. Does the accuser have some kind of axe to grind with you? Thanks also for your clarification on the request for permissions page. Learning here is a continual process. — Monolithica ( talk ) 16:38, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * See this. I made 2 edits with my alternate account which probably should have been made my main account. E to the Pi times i  ( talk  |  contribs ) 16:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm glad that it's satisfactorily resolved. How did you become aware of the investigation in real-time; did someone leave a message on your Talk page? Thanks, — Monolithica ( talk ) 17:25, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, and to address the other curiosities you had: I knew about the investigation because of the notifications system, which sends a "ping" whenever one mentions your username and signs the end of the post. I similarly got a notification when you used the template, because it linked to my username. Notifications are useful for getting someone's attention in a discussion (though one has to be careful not to canvass).


 * Another note on the notifications system: you can also thank users for any edit to any page, and its a nice way of showing appreciation. All thanks are publicly logged.


 * Learning here is a continual process. There are so many policies and guidelines, but you'll gradually begin to develop a picture (I suspect you already have, if you have edited on an IP address prior to this account). For quick reference, List of policies and List of guidelines are useful.  E to the Pi times i  ( talk  |  contribs ) 17:26, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages
Please take care not to add stub and orphan to disambiguation pages, as you did here - AWB sometimes offers wrong suggestions but it's your responsibility not to make incorrect edits with it. A disambiguation page is supposed to be an orphan, and is not a stub. Thanks. Pam D  17:51, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the correction. I'm aware that disambiguation pages aren't stubs, and are meant to be orphans, but it was my first time using AWB. I somehow missed it was a disambiguation page. I was still adjusting to the visual interface from prior experience using Dispenser and DabSolver. I'm more used to it now; it just so happened to slip by. I'll pay closer attention going forward. — Monolithica ( talk ) 18:02, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

--UTRSBot (talk) 09:10, 15 April 2018 (UTC)