User talk:Atrius97

Welcome to Bulbapedia, Atrius97!

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here!   GrammarFreak01 (talk) 08:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

The Preview Button

Instead of editing a page several times in a row, try using the preview button to make sure your edit looks the way you want it to. It's right next to the Save Page button. Please try it out, so as not to clog up the Recent Changes. Also, if you want to edit multiple sections of the page, make sure that you click "edit this page" at the top of the page rather than editing it by section. Thanks! --Landfish7 06:47, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Understood, I was using the preview option, but I would often receive an error when trying to preview, or when I went to submit my changes, causing me to lose my progress. Apologies if it accidentally submitted multiple times, I'll be backing up my progress and trying to submit only once per edit until the backend issues on Bulbapedia are resolved. Atrius97 (talk) 15:15, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Again, please try to remember to use the preview button. Making too many edits in a short period of time can stress the server. Thank you. Landfish7 18:13, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

I am aware, I was making edits to more than one section of a page, and the edits made were updating the page as new information became available from active tests that were being performed on the mechanic in question, tests which took place over the course of several hours. I was not intentionally clogging the recent changes with "random, needlessly small updates" these edits were already the result of waiting for a given set of tests to be completed before adding new information, but I will make an effort to further consolidate updates going forward. Atrius97 (talk) 22:23, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

If you read my initial message, it says that you can edit multiple sections of a page by clicking "edit this page" at the top.

And there's no need to rush to add in new information. In the future, I'd suggest waiting for the wave of updates to complete and then add them in. If the updates span multiple days and you just can't wait, I'd suggest trying to make no more than 1 or 2 edits each day if possible. Alternatively, you can work on an update and copy and save the wikitext to Notepad on your PC, and then copy it back over when you're ready to work on it again. Hope this helps. Landfish7 23:27, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Your comment on my talk page

Please remember the code of conduct. Leaving a snarky comment on my page about how I changed my mind and had to undo an edit just because you're mad that I reminded you to use the preview button is not nice or necessary. There is a difference between undoing a few of your own edits and making 9 edits within 3 hours to a single page like you did the other day. We all make mistakes and end up having to make a few more edits than necessary every now and then, and I have no problem with discussing my edits in good faith, but there's no reason to be rude. Landfish7 06:01, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

I don't think it's unreasonable to point out that making edits to 4 separate pages and then reverting all of those edits approximately 25 minutes later for a total of 8 edits in 50 minutes that ultimately contributed nothing is unnecessary, when one could have simply paused for a moment to about whether those changes were needed instead. I'm not emotionally involved in the situation. If you feel the need to lecture other users about making hasty changes, then please set a better example with your own editing behavior. Atrius97 (talk) 06:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)