User talk:Apmh

"Becoming better edior"

If somebody titles a discussion "Becoming better edior" and asks "How to become better editor?" and "How i can practice editing wouldn't i be just nuisance if i do that?", then it's not obvious to me that looking for grammar mistakes is something for which they're obviously well suited. -- Hoary (talk) 23:34, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@Hoary: Yes... I now notice their worrying lack of grammatical skills themselves. But to me, it really seemed like you were pre-emptively forbidding them from contributing a certain way. Apmh 00:00, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes, rather than write "No, please don't look for grammar mistakes. Instead, help look for [...]", I could beneficially have written "Rather than looking for grammar mistakes, help look for [...]". Actually I think that encouraging people to look for "grammar mistakes" is more generally a poor idea. Squillions of en:Wikipedia editors have an excellent (unconscious) command of English grammar, but a sizeable minority of these are likely to have unfortunate (conscious) notions of "English grammar", being deluded that this is an arcane practice that forbids "singular they", "comprised of", and miscellaneous other bugbears of deluded "authorities" and dimwitted teachers. Better to nudge editors (though not this one) toward "rewriting awkwardly phrased text" or similar, with no mention of either "grammar" or "correctness". -- Hoary (talk) 00:36, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

@Hoary: I agree - Apmh 13:27, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Your last acc sandbox

Hi i notice that on your last account you had:User:Dahme002/sandbox which seems like pretty useful page to me do you have any plan on moving it to main space? DarkHorseMayhem (talk) 20:17, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

@DarkHorseMayhem: It's a copy of Wikipedia:Five pillars - Apmh 20:23, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Ah okay mb i didn't saw. DarkHorseMayhem (talk) 20:24, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive

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