User talk:Doomchild

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"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!" --Savok

Hi. Don't rush to make a new, separate article for each and every new term that may be introduced with the new version, especially if that may end up being just a stub. Think about grouping terms together under umbrella headings. It's hard to know "how much" info is going to be put into any of these, so I'm not reverting any such, just saying don't expect it to be a "1 term = 1 page" policy. See armor piece or trade good for examples of pages that brought previous related stub pages together under a common umbrella article.

Also, try to use "Preview" more often, and think about the finished product before Saving. unfortunate accident has a dozen of your edits in just over 2 hours - a bit excessive. Rewriting a page is fine if it is unclear - rewriting each subsection separately, just to put something in your own words, could be seen as unnecessary.--Albedo 21:19, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry. I'm so used to the "save early, save often" rule for source code that I have a hard time remembering not to spam the history. I'll start clumping my edits together. --Doomchild 21:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I completely understand - did the exact same thing when I started. You'll get used to it. Nice prose, btw!--Albedo 22:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)