User talk:Notacupcakebaker

cojoco (talk) 10:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Why remove the adjectives?
Hi, Notacupcakebaker,

I undid your revision to "Special Topics in Calamity Physics", removing the adjectives "brilliant" and "dashing", for several reasons:


 * These adjectives are descriptive and accurate: why remove them?
 * Removing information from a Wikipedia page disqualifies it from being a "minor" edit, which is what you marked.
 * You provided no explanation for your removal of these words

Therefore, I'll undo your revision again. cojoco (talk) 00:30, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello Cojoco, I deleted the adjectives because to my mind they are unnecessary, and controversial. I think you will find many reviewers who do not describe Blue as "brilliant" or her father as "dashing." Incidentally, I'm a very casual Wikipediest, and I don't know if I'm sending this message in the right way so please forgive me if it's wrong. Though I continue to disagree with you, I will refrain from removing the adjectives in the future. Cheers, cupcakebaker


 * Hi, cupcakebaker, I didn't mean to discourage you from editing, and I'm not even that dead set against your edits. However, I've pointed out some reasons that I disagree with the way you went about it, so I hope that you understand.  I would encourage you to contribute to Wikipedia by finding places you can add information, instead of taking it away.  I've just added some links that I hope you will find useful.  Here are some tips which I hope you take in the spirit of politeness with which they're intended:


 * When you're talking to people, please add your points to their "discussion" page, not their "user" page
 * When you make edits which change the content of a page, don't set the "minor edit" flag
 * Please don't be discouraged by my attention: I am only a Wikipedia user such as yourself, and I want Wiki to be better

May I ask why you found those adjectives controversial? It is clear that Blue is academically highly gifted, and it is also true that her father does not want for feminine attention, so "brilliant" and "dashing" seem right on the money.

cojoco (talk) 10:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I didn't mean to scare you away!
Hi, I notice that you haven't contributed anything to Wikipedia in a while, and not since we had a disagreement over Marisa Pessl. I hope that the experience didn't leave a bad feeling in your mouth: if so, I apologize, and I hope to see you contributing again cojoco (talk) 01:24, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

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