User talk:Fxmastermind

This is my talk page.

I practise the principle of ignore all rules

"To write in plain vigorous language one has to think fearlessly"
Fxmastermind (talk) 06:59, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

September 12 2022 - This is still true. Fxmastermind (talk) 04:13, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When disagreement occurs, try to the best of your ability to explain and resolve the problem, not cause more conflict, and so give others the opportunity to reply in kind. Consider whether a dispute stems from different perspectives, and look for ways to reach consensus.

When doubt is cast on good faith, continue to assume good faith yourself where you can. Be civil and follow dispute resolution processes, rather than attacking editors or edit warring with them. If you wish to express doubts about the conduct of fellow Wikipedians, please substantiate those doubts with specific diffs and other relevant evidence, so that people can understand the basis for your concerns. Although bad conduct may seem to be due to bad faith, it is usually best to address the conduct without mentioning motives, which might exacerbate resentments all around.

Archives

Talk Archive 1 - April 15 2008 - October 28 2008
Talk Archive 2 - October 29 2008 - October 1 2022

I archived again

and I didn't even ask for help. This means something has gone wrong, but nobody cares Fxmastermind (talk) 11:50, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Fxmastermind. Thank you for your work on HH 30. Another editor, Cremastra, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Nice work.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Cremastra}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Cremastra (u — c) 21:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cremastra:Not sure how this works, but it seems you sent a comment about an article I started in 2008. Fxmastermind (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, geez, sorry. Page Curation always sends the message to whoever created the page, not wrote the article. Should have gone to Meli thev. Cremastra (u — c) 12:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand Fxmastermind (talk) 02:47, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bottom friction moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Bottom friction. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources and it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 16:28, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should have used the talk page. You interrupted the sources being added, as well as knowing why it was done. Not reading a talk page before editing is absurd. Are you actually a bot? Fxmastermind (talk) 16:36, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to revert from a draft Fxmastermind (talk) 16:37, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fxmastermind Instead of using links with the heading source ? Why not cite web ? I moved to draft before you added all that, you couldn’t even add a reference line for ur source ? No Inline citation? Is that how an article should be written? Let it be on the draft space where it can be improved please use Inline citation. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 16:43, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The simple answer is that I have quite forgotten almost all of my knowledge of tags and editing. Usually some other capable mind comes along and adds various templates and all the cool and fancy tags. A group effort if you will. Usually before I finish my basic efforts on the article.

I think making it a draft is preventing such an event at this time. Fxmastermind (talk) 17:35, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My fondest wish is that there were bots to do these things, rather than bots that tell me a source is no good, but not which source it is objecting to! Fxmastermind (talk) 17:36, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You need to at least show which statement depends on which source. Otherwise you're basically pointing to a bunch of books and saying "it's in there somewhere". DS (talk) 19:42, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's ironic, since as I explained in multiple ways, that was what I was doing when the article vanished. Fxmastermind (talk) 14:14, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]