User talk:71.231.208.95

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Thanks. -- 31dot (Talk) 20:38, February 24, 2013


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It was up all of 4 seconds too, before being taken down.


 * Please review the nitpick policy; we do not note minor production errors, such as the positioning of a character from one shot to another. 31dot (talk) 21:07, February 24, 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate this unusual policy. I just decline your invitation to contribute because of it. Good day.


 * That would be unfortunate, and heavy handed. But it's your choice as to what to do. There are reasons for the policies we have, which you can review if you were that interested.  You may also offer your own views on them if you wish.  Edit reversions are a common wiki practice, and should not be taken as a personal sleight against you. 31dot (talk) 22:00, February 24, 2013 (UTC)

It may sound heavy handed to you, but I make it a policy not to debate policy through an impersonal venue like the internet. What you propose is that I do exactly that. I acknowledge that you have some reasons for this policy, but I can tell by the name of this set of rules that you don't hold things like editorial slips in the same regard that I do. To me, they're not nitpicks, they're easter eggs--as informative and entertaining as any self-serving direction justifications filed under Reception. I'm unwilling to go through the steps necessary to argue a point and don't have the time to rouse a following big enough to try to incite a change policy, though. I do enough of that at my real job. Thanks, though.