User talk:AlexSuricata

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[edit] Discussion on Humanities Ref Desk

I assure you that there was no intention of uncivility, but on rereading, I worded my response harshly. Please see my further post there. I think my reply was influenced by the fact that reading the report seemed to answer the question intuitively, but as I well know, some people find number crunching and statistical analysis more tricky than I do, so I shouldn't have let that affect my reply... even unwittingly. Please accept my apologies. There's an article on hubris (and I think I actually misworded my comment anyway!) that should explain the concept; it would have been appropriate if, as you say, I hadn't made a false assumption about your nationality. Hoist by my own petard - I'm frequently found castigating people (gently) for assuming all Wikipedians are from the USA. I read your comments as an affronted person wondering why his great country wasn't top of the pile. Actually, that might also have contributed to me snappy remarks. Further apologies. --Dweller 12:49, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for answering and explaining the misunderstanding. I shall remove my comment to yours on the Reference Desk (if I can, I am relatively new to Wikipedia and not too sure how these things work). To further explain: I do and can handle statistical information, and had noted the sectors mentioned such as Electoral Process, Civil Liberties etc. My question referred to how these factors have been perceived by the Economist to getting a lower rating in the USA than - as I mention - Canada and Australia, for example, countries that I do also not personally know. This was the jist of my query. Apology accepted, and thank you again for taking the time to address my question. Alex. --AlexSuricata 13:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
EDIT: If I remove my comment, yours makes no sense. Hence, I leave it to your discretion, as editor, to remove all of this "run-in" and so make the page cleaner afterwards. Please edit as you wish, gracias.--AlexSuricata 13:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

No worries. I'm happy to leave it there, as a reminder to me to be more gracious. Thank you for your courtesy. --Dweller 16:44, 1 February 2007 (UTC)