User talk:Mikeblas

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I prefer to keep discussions unfragmented.
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[edit] Mike Shinoda

Dear Mikeblas, I've tried to find a solution. Instead of continuing to write "nu metal and rapcore", I've removed "rapcore" from the intro, also because there isn't under Shinoda's picture. Egr, 5/7/2006

[edit] Question

I don't know if this is the proper way to get in touch with mikeblas, but I'll try it.

It appears that mikeblas removed some material that I added to the entry "Radio Receiver". I don't understand what was objectionable about my submission. Can mikeblas or anyone else explain?

Gerry9999 K8EF—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gfoley9999 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Recovering deleted Sara Jay material

[edit] Adminship

Hi Mikeblas, I think you would make a good administrator on the English Wikipedia. Any interest? —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-14 05:30Z

[edit] "Minor" edits

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 18:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Out of 15,000 edits, I'm sure you can find a few that are minor but but not marked minor, and were not minor but marked minor. I'm a person, and people make mistakes. I'm sorry you find making mistakes to be poor etiquette. Do you think the edit UI is perfect? -- Mikeblas (talk) 20:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Considering that you have to go out of your way to check the "This is a minor edit" box, I don't see how you can blame it on the UI. Going forward it might be best, if you are unsure whether an edit is minor or not (see Help:Minor edit for clarification) that you leave the box unchecked. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 20:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
You don't see how I can blame the UI because you don't know the UI, apparently. It's easy to check the wrong button when using the keyboard interface to the UI, so it's actually quite easy to make a mistake. Further, it's possible to set "Mark all edits minor by default" in the preferences, so you don't have to go "out of your way" to mark the minor edit box. Further, the UI provides no way to change a saved edit after mistakenly setting (or resetting) the mark in the "minor edit" box.
Perhaps I'd have a little more tolerance of your comments if you could explain how it might tangibly matter that I've mis-marked a few edits, and why it matters to you personally so much that you'd set aside the assumption of good faith to raise condescending accusations of poor etiquette. -- Mikeblas (talk) 22:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
There is no assumption of bad faith on my part and no condescension, either. I was pointing out to you what was happening so you could correct it. You are using a different UI than I am, so please forgive that assumption of mine. Since you are continuing to mark the vast majority of your edits as minor, perhaps you should set the preference you mentioned to not mark all edits as minor by default. From Help:Minor edit: "The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes; logged in users might even set their preferences to not display them. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, it is best to not mark the edit as minor."—Hello, Control Hello, Tony 14:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
The vast majority of my edits are marked minor because they are minor. A guideline that stipulates marking edits minor based on the chance that someone else might dispute the edit is patently absurd as edit wars on this site have broken out for unforseeable reasons and reversions of plain facts happen hundreds of times each day. You're not really chasing around everyone who made a change, marked it minor, and then had it disputed, are you?
If you'd care to offer specific feedback about a specific edit (or, even a specific set) that you think should be differently marked, I'm all ears. Presented with actionable advice, I can try to do better--though an editor who uses an arbitrary and error-prone flag to decide which changes to read is always going to miss reading things they might have wanted to read.
If you want to stay on your high horse about etiquettes or remain in denial about your presumptuous attitude, then you're wasting your time. -- Mikeblas (talk) 17:01, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
It is readily apparent that you are going to do whatever you want. You should have said that at the onset instead of blaming the UI or user mistakes. I'll be sure to avoid your corner of Wikipedia in the future. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 17:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Let me know when you finally read the "all ears" part. -- Mikeblas (talk) 23:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jethro Gibbs

I'm afraid i've reverted your edits; the "unexplained revert" by an IP was based on the fact that 20 Kb of data between your edit and the previous edit went walkies. Ironholds 19:13, 8 June 2008 (UTC)