User talk:Dingdong1232

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Eric Kirchmer article

Hi there,

Please see our Notable Persons Policy, as articles for Valve staff are not created through bold editing, but rather through discussion and review first. Please also do not create blank articles, as even just a little bit of information goes a long way for people trying to improve the article.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 21:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Let me be free to make things. Dingdong1232 (talk) 22:15, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

You are free to make articles you deem are worthy enough, but Valve staff has specific guidelines and procedures through which we nominate them worth having an article. You can read the linked policy article above and see the proper way to do it.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:17, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Eric Simon Kirchmer is a conceptual artist who has worked for Valve since 2002.

== Concept Art: ==

(BY ERIC. signature. Doodle of his head ) (e.) (e.) (e.)

Dingdong1232 (talk) 22:33, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Again, the article itself needs to be approved on the project first, please see the policy on how to properly do that.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Show preview

Hi there,

Please use the "Show preview" button to carefully look over the changes you're about to make. This significantly reduces the amount of times you'll have to edit with one or two small changes, as the talk page edit history for the Notable persons policy has currently been spammed of edits that are +1, -2, +3, etc.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 00:42, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh i do, i'm just garbage, i have ADHD. you'll have to deal with it. if there's a way to delete the space those edits take, i would do that

Dingdong1232 (talk) 00:46, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

That's not really an excuse. You'll just have to resist hitting the button for a while, this is not something "we'll just deal with". Consider writing it in notepad first, or delaying the submission by 10 minutes while you read over it.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 00:52, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

You're assuming I'm a lot higher IQ than I am. Edits like that will happen because I'm not omnipotent, aware of every little thing, I have tons of stuff I need to fix again by editing, but not just editing, but straight up having to find new things. I don't like letting my stuff be outdated just so I can eventually make it updated while people aren't updated, on main articles, that's a death sentence. 5 or 4+ edits isn't exactly unique.

I'll do what you say but don't be surprised when things are outdated or missing things, because I'm too busy cracking away in a notepad.

Dingdong1232 (talk) 01:05, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

If something needs updating because it's out of date it's fine to update it, but very small additions like diff 3888418, diff 3888419, diff 3888430, diff 3888432, diff 3888435, diff 3888479, diff 3888480, diff 3888481, diff 3888484, and diff 3888485 could have all been caught by reading the text carefully before submitting it or using the show preview button and seeing what it looks like. Except for 1, these all small changes that could've been seen when previewing the page or reading over it carefully.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 01:35, 26 December 2024 (UTC)