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Believe me, I sympathize. I've been told that I'm too critical and hard to please as of late (trying to fix that), and a grammarian long before (not trying to fix that). Just try to be less inflamed by what some neanderthal on the Internet wrote, correct it in a neutral mood, and go on your merry way. I mostly do the same as you, and we both only want Bulbapedia to be a polished reference site, so we're on the same team! --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 16:47, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Believe me, I sympathize. I've been told that I'm too critical and hard to please as of late (trying to fix that), and a grammarian long before (not trying to fix that). Just try to be less inflamed by what some neanderthal on the Internet wrote, correct it in a neutral mood, and go on your merry way. I mostly do the same as you, and we both only want Bulbapedia to be a polished reference site, so we're on the same team! --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 16:47, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
:The thing is that I'm ''not'' enflamed and I ''do'' almost always write things in a neutral mood; people just don't read it that way for some reason. I have strong opinions that I give to explain my revisions (and one of those opinions is that there ''are'' inherently poor words for certain situations, like "notably" on an encyclopedia, where everything is supposed to be notable or it wouldn't be included), but as far as I'm aware I don't insult or talk down to people{{tt|*|notwithstanding highly bannable users like Spyspotter and that user I can't acknowledge}}. There's just something in my tone that people read in a negative way, and I don't know what it is or I'd fix it. In my head I'm doing exactly what you're telling me to try to do, but for some reason people don't seem to read anything the way I mean it. Sigh. Well, I'm done with my maudlin monologue, so back to editing. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 17:33, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
:The thing is that I'm ''not'' enflamed and I ''do'' almost always write things in a neutral mood; people just don't read it that way for some reason. I have strong opinions that I give to explain my revisions (and one of those opinions is that there ''are'' inherently poor words for certain situations, like "notably" on an encyclopedia, where everything is supposed to be notable or it wouldn't be included), but as far as I'm aware I don't insult or talk down to people{{tt|*|notwithstanding highly bannable users like Spyspotter and that user I can't acknowledge}}. There's just something in my tone that people read in a negative way, and I don't know what it is or I'd fix it. In my head I'm doing exactly what you're telling me to try to do, but for some reason people don't seem to read anything the way I mean it. Sigh. Well, I'm done with my maudlin monologue, so back to editing. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 17:33, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
: I believe you, as the same has been said of me. It is your style of writing that gives off the odor of negativity, then. For example, in the edit I linked to, your exaggerated simile makes me imagine that you're mocking me, like I'm a fool for using a certain word. It would've been much better to summarize with "everything is supposed to be notable or it wouldn't be included." I suggest that you look at other users' summaries who can combine logical explanation with diplomatic presentation. (Good luck finding them, since even admins write downright mean summaries.) --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 20:00, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
::I believe you, as the same has been said of me. It is your style of writing that gives off the odor of negativity, then. For example, in the edit I linked to, your exaggerated simile makes me imagine that you're mocking me, like I'm a fool for using a certain word. It would've been much better to summarize with "everything is supposed to be notable or it wouldn't be included." I suggest that you look at other users' summaries who can combine logical explanation with diplomatic presentation. (Good luck finding them, since even admins write downright mean summaries.) --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 20:00, 19 December 2013 (UTC)