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Re: Infoboxes

To better explain there's an ongoing effort to try and fix up a lot of the infoboxes across the project for character articles. A lot of them have tended to get...pretty bad, to the point the boxes go deep into the articles themselves and push even images down past their intended usage, with the same reasoning you mentioned: other article did it, so this should be too. It's definitely not a case of trying to step on anyone's toes, just keep the infobox to the basic info so people can understand a character a glance.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 01:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Oh shit, I didn't see this, sorry! I just left an explanation on the Pauline talk page outlining my thought process.
Don't worry, I know you're not trying to step on my toes or anything. I completely understand your reasoning and very much appreciate your efforts to improve these pages!
(Tagging you in case you miss this; User: Kung Fu Man)
Loytra ( talk) Loytra ( talk) 01:59, 3 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Sonic

A lot of the Sonic stuff was carefully created a certain way because there's so many things simply called Sonic the Hedgehog - the 16-bit game, the 8-bit game, the 2006 game, the character itself, etc. if you wish to change things, please discuss a talk page discussion somewhere, as your recent edits keep on upsetting that carefully worded balance. Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 00:28, 7 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Sorry lol. I should definitely be less assertive; I understand it's against policy to reinstate reverted edits, too. Thank you for the explanation. Loytra ( talk) 01:04, 7 July 2023 (UTC) reply
It's alright, I totally get it. Any other franchise and you'd probably be on to something. But Sega was so weird about naming some Sonic stuff that it's one of those things where the more you think about it, the more complications arise. The current set up may not be perfect...but changing it needs to be done carefully or more issues arise in the process. Sergecross73 msg me 01:47, 7 July 2023 (UTC) reply

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July 2023

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August 2023

Please undo your reversion to my edit in the DeSantis article.

"Dejection" is a psychological condition.

According to Dictionary.com: Dejected Definition & Meaning ...depressed in spirits; disheartened;low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.

In other words, it is a human condition, a mood. It can be treated in serious cases with mood elevators or counseling. Our cousins, the greater or lesser apes, might suffer from the same or similar feelings. But organizations do not have feelings. They cannot be "dejected."

"Dysfunction", according to Merriam-Webster, is defined as: "The meaning of DYSFUNCTION is impaired or abnormal functioning."

In other words, it could be a human condition, as in, say, an inappropriate response to a stressful situation whereby i.e., a negative response while driving to seeing a vehicle in your path could be to close your eyes, rather than braking or steering around a potential collision, is "dysfunctional." If an organization responsible for intervening in a crisis situation, say by appropriately distributing available vaccines to ameliorate an epidemic is not accomplished, the organization is by definition "dysfunctional."

I expect English might not be your prime language, and if that is the case, you might exercise more care before reverting in the future.

This is your talk page, so feel free to ignore this friendly advice, and erase these comments.

Thank you, Activist ( talk) 13:19, 7 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi! I actually undid your edit because you accidentally wrote "Ei" at the very top of the article and I assumed it was simply an act of vandalism. After I realised your edit contained more than just that, I went back and realised you corrected "dejected" from "dysfunctional", and simply redid that myself. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Loytra ( talk) 15:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC) reply

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Bit patronizing, no? Loytra ( talk) 15:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC) reply

September 2023

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Magic (supernatural). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Two editors disagree that the tag is needed. That's a consensus against you. Go tilt at a different windmill. Skyerise ( talk) 10:58, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

And fix your damn signature. Signing with your old user name appears to be an attempt to confuse other editors. And new talk page sections should be at the bottom of the page. You can't expect anyone to find your comment if you are both burying it in a 2 year old discussion and signing it with a different user name. And you will be reported for edit-warring and probably blocked if you put the tag back again. That's disruptive editing when two editors oppose you. Skyerise ( talk) 11:01, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Are you kidding? I signed with my old signature when I had my old username. Pretty goddamn cheap of you to accuse me of acting in bad faith over quite literally nothing.
Editors like you are what discourages people from using this site.
@ Skyerise; tagging you so you actually see this. Loytra ( talk) 23:59, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply
Whatever.... I've got an historic sockpuppet, some years running now. Likes to annoy me by tagging magic-related articles with undeserved tags. But that's just to start. Then they progress to edit warring over the tags and finally to vandalizing the article. If you're really here to build an encyclopedia, probably best to avoid looking like a WP:DUCK. Skyerise ( talk) 10:53, 5 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Great editing when it came to Franco Cozzo after he died! 106.70.91.181 ( talk) 03:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Thank you, I appreciate it! 😊 Loytra ( talk) 02:35, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply

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Salvador Allende

Hi, Sorry, but you reason for reverting me there is nonsense. You can't claim that a bad quality picture of 0.14 Megapixels is better than a good quality one of 11.25 Megapixels. My replacement is nearly 100 times bigger (yes, hundred!), and it is not over-processed and oversaturated like the old one. Yann ( talk) 17:12, 11 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Trump

Howdy Loytra. I took the liberty of fixing up your 'link' to your edit being reverted at Donald Trump's bio page. This will make it easier for others to see exactly what was reverted. GoodDay ( talk) 16:35, 27 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Much appreciated 😊 Loytra ( talk) 10:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC) reply

March 2024

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Hi, please see the edit description of my revert. I'm not really sure how you reached the conclusion that my edit was "less than neutral"; my short description uses language that is all found in the lead. It also provides a more accurate and clarified description of the organisation. Thanks. Loytra ( talk) 08:05, 17 March 2024 (UTC) reply