Thread:Fearless Diva/@comment-37689869-20181227232139/@comment-37689869-20181228061929

Would you mind being more specific? As I said, one cannot learn from their mistakes if they cannot be sure what they've done exactly. I only noticed yesterday that you also removed a large amount of edits I made. If those are what you're referring to, I can't quite see what the problem is, as I thought adding to the wiki was the whole point? For example, I noticed for a large majority of The Royal Romance characters, they had headings with little to no information such as information under Relationships. Hana Lee's relationship information with her parents for example, in fact many of TRR characters' relationships with parents. On those same pages I also remember correcting some of the grammar and spelling (eg. 'Madeline or Madelein corrected to Madeleine; Lorelai is Xinghai's husband' corrected to 'Lorelai is Xinghai's wife, and fixing up some formatting such as italicising [Book X, Chapter X], or capitalising 'Your Character', changing pronouns for YC from 'she/her' to 'you/your' as I have again seen multiple times across other Character pages. Had I never seen such things on other pages, I would not have changed them thus I don't see why I would have to ask permission to make such changes if they are already being made or if they are in the name of consistency? I'm very sorry if you were under the impression it was an idea of my own to make such changes, but the truth is, I simply sought to make these things consistent across the articles.

I added more information to Personality and Relationships, I added to Trivia, as others before me have done. I believe this is the goal, or am I mistaken? For example, the updated information I made to 'Your Character (The Haunting of Braidwood Manor)'. A heading for Clarissa and Simon was included yet had no information. Headings are inserted regardless of whether that person can add information, in the event others can contribute, or am I mistaken? There was little information about Eleanor who is a prominent figure and love interest. Pray tell, how is rounding out the information for this, as I had done until the edits were reverted, a 'change' that should not have been made or require permission? Such is the nature of my edits that you reverted.

Perhaps you're referring to my rewording of some sentences? My reasoning is many of the sentences I read either didn't quite make sense, were awkward, or they were copied verbatim from the game script, which as any writer, editor, researcher etc. knows is something you should avoid unless it's a direct quote. Plagiarism is nothing to be taken lightly. Writing is a tricky business that takes many revisions and drafts regardless of the writer's experience, no?

If this is what I'm being pulled up for, I'm still not quite seeing my faults. They seem like the typical kind of edits I have seen, I've checked multiple pages 'History' in terms of edits and contributions and I don't see how I've done anything different to many other contributors, even edits that I have noticed you've made. Perhaps it was the volume of my edits? Well I imagine when there is little information it can be expected that a wave of it may come in at some point, no? Even upon first creating pages, sometimes 1000+ words may be submitted the first time round. Or is there a limit to how much one person can contribute at a time?

We all make mistakes my dear, even I have seen inconsistencies on pages you have written eg. "Dog". Pronouns, missed spaces, structure of sentences. Tiny mistakes that everyone including myself make, but often need someone else's eye to detect. Mistakes they may be, they detract from the readibility of the information thus I have been going through the pages to correct these slight errors.

I concede I made a mistake with 'Raife' I believe you meant, and I take full responsibility for such. Although, might I add that I have seen multiple pages where characters who are on the Miscellaneous Characters page still have their own separate page eg. 'Finn'. Consistency, again? Should the community decide to change Raife from Miscellaneous to a page dedicated to him, I'd be happy to contribute.

In short, the changes that I think you might be referring to, I fail to comprehend why permission must be granted in my case when they neither seem no different from the typical changes other contributors have made and not asked to make, nor seem to be harmful in any way. Although I cannot be sure what exactly you're referring to, perhaps something I have not yet mentioned. If so, I'm afraid you'll have to be more precise so I know what not to do in the future. Perhaps, the reason I infracted so many times was because I could not see what I was doing wrong in the first place? Again, all it would take is a message on my message wall, I'm more than open to constructive criticism especially as I'm quite new to this editing wikis business. Can any wiki user honestly say they have not made mistakes because they did not know? Seems awfully harsh to me.

So, am I correct in deducing that if I would like to add any relevant information or if I see a typo, formatting inconsistency, or grammatical error, I should inform someone first? If this is what you are asking then so be it. Again though I must ask, is a one month block really necessary?

Again, I look forward to hearing from you. Adult to adult, writer to writer, I hope we can continue to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

Alpika