Thread:Sol Pacificus/@comment-3150645-20190926200030/@comment-18014300-20190926231405

Warrenwoodhouse, my initial response to you was not meant to be patronizing in anyway, so there's no reason to take offence at it.

"You should be responding to that on the talk page itself not here. o.O"

In fact, it is my practice to use emojis and emotes to clarify or flavour my tone. In this case, o.O" indicates a sort of friendly teasing manner of speech. I have an explicit policy of never using emojis to express condescension or frustration. At the same time, it was also valid because very few real editors on the wiki visit the Discussions board, whereas we also need to make sure all comments relevant to an article are kept on its talk page for as a matter of record-keeping.

Even so, I had not meant to give the impression that it was wrong of you to post to the Discussions board or that your rationale for refraining from posting on the talk page was wrong. It is perfectly understandable if you were afraid to necro an old thread. At the time, I was in a hurry and did not have time to compose a lengthy response, or to express my appreciation for your helpfulness on this issue—which I did feel.

Finally, upon realizing that the comment may have been too curt to be clear that I had not yet laid out all my thoughts, I deleted it almost immediately with the intention of composing a more thorough reply later. It was my bad. However, I should say that for future reference, if a small comment was deleted almost instantly, it is better to give the benefit of the doubt that it was retracted for a good reason, like it being promptly recognized as outdated, in error, or unclear, and not that significant to be of serious concern.

I hope this clears everything up.