User talk:Calathan

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Okay, a minor problem is with putting a user page into a category. It shows up twice. Once as "fishing cat", and once under [[1]]. Why don't you just submit your changes to "fishing cat" and if you're not sure, then discuss them on the talk page. If you are sure, but wrong, it'll work out. There are also histories and archives to work from, not to mention the fact that you can (and should, unless it's like a typo) preview your work before you save it. I see no reason to duplicate things here. [email protected] 09:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I just copied over the entire article without thinking about it. In retrospect I should have cut out the part that puts it in categories, but I didn't even think about it at the time. Anyway, I ended up just using the page to learn about how the taxobox works and how to use citations. I never got around to making changes that I wanted to copy over to the main article.

Also, I know you were trying to help, but I found your comments kind of condescending. Welcoming someone with the raw basics after they have already been here for a year just doesn't feel welcoming. Sure, I made a mistake, but that doesn't mean I need to go back to square 1. Calathan 22:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm retracting that comment. I was just annoyed at the time that you assumed I had intentionally put a page in my user space into a category, rather than accidentally doing so. I no longer think your comments were condescending. Calathan (talk) 19:32, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]