User talk:Petinga

Just an experiment...

VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Paulo Bento
Hi there PETINGA, VASCO from Portugal here,

Yes, you are correct in one thing, maybe sometimes my summaries are not all the polite they could be, but i am not arrogant - you don't know me to make that statement i believe - and not a bad guy overall, you can think i'm lying, fine with me.

Please, also check, for instance, Paulo Bento's edit history to see how much i have helped - as you have also - the article, then you will see how much i want, overall, to help WP, being fed up to the maximum with vandals and stuff (not saying you are one, far from it), that is why sometimes i overreact in the summaries. If i offended you, i apologize, you could perhaps do the same for calling me arrogant...And if my summaries are sometimes explosive, it is because most of those are "directed" to vandals, who have nothing but despise and angry reactions from me - although i admit that sometimes works the opposite way, it's best to not say a word most of the times. In your case, i definitely overreacted, i am sorry.

Regarding the particular edit, i think the article is very big, because most of it deals with SPORTING itself rather then BENTO (i have seen first division teams with articles twice as small as BENTO's) but i will not revert that 2005-2009 bit anymore. That bit or anything else, i respect your work.

Cheers, have a great 2010,

VASCO - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 23:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi VASCO

OK, sorry for calling you arrogant, but indeed some of your comments upon editing seemed like you were thrashing my efforts without much explanation. Having read your message I realise I also overreacted. I guess there is not much one can do against vandals but be watchful and report them. Please accept my apologies (and if I may suggest it: using less capital letters and less exclamation marks would be enough to make your comment look much friendlier... ;-)) As for the article on Paulo Bento, I also agree that it is a bit too long. On the other hand, he was such a charismatic figure and essentially the visible face of Sporting (where he left a very strong mark) during his tenure that it would be difficult to convey that without being a bit more descriptive. Articles about legendary long-serving football managers (the quintessential examples being Ferguson, but also Wenger and others) are similarly woven and it has to be recognised that, at some point, it was quite reasonable to assume that Bento could stay at Sporting for a truly extended period of time.

Cheers and best wishes to you too PETINGA


 * Thanks a million for your reply, my friend. May we work (well) in the future, always fighting vandals of course!! :) Whistle if/when you need anything, don't mind if i do the same.

Best wishes as well (by the way where are you from? I assume you are my countryman, but am not sure), sorry 4 any inconvenience(s),

VASCO - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 04:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC)