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[edit]Hello, welcome to Wiktionary, and thank you for your contributions so far.
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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Rodrigo5260 (talk) 17:42, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Just FYI, removing talk page messages from others ...
[edit]... is really not a good idea unless you're archiving them on a periodic basis; it comes across as simultaneously rude and as if you're trying to hide something. Some users have actually been blocked for this behavior. Benwing2 (talk) 10:31, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Most people here are rude, why can’t I edit my own talk page? Blueskies006 (talk) 16:55, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Talk pages are supposed to be records of conversations, and deleting the discussions that you didn't like is antithetical to that principle and makes it look like you're trying to hide the conversation. For similar reasons it's strongly discouraged to edit other people's comments on shared discussion pages like WT:Beer parlour and WT:Grease pit (even just to fix spelling and grammatical mistakes). Benwing2 (talk) 23:51, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Ok I see, thank you. But I still don’t like the holier-than-thou attitude many editors have. Not like they don’t make mistakes either. They make me look like I have no clue what I’m doing and I don’t want people seeing that on my page. Blueskies006 (talk) 00:24, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Talk pages are supposed to be records of conversations, and deleting the discussions that you didn't like is antithetical to that principle and makes it look like you're trying to hide the conversation. For similar reasons it's strongly discouraged to edit other people's comments on shared discussion pages like WT:Beer parlour and WT:Grease pit (even just to fix spelling and grammatical mistakes). Benwing2 (talk) 23:51, 11 February 2025 (UTC)