User talk:Belovedfreak

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Hi there! I'm going to drop you a copy of the updated welcome template, as one or two things have changed since that appeared - although the 'For Wikipedians' link you added pretty much covers it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:34, 26 February 2010 (UTC)


 * No problem. I'd probably have written Rwandan myself, but it doesn't really matter. Interesting story, by the way. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Congrats on your article
You did fine. Perfection is unattainable, every article is an opportunity to learn tricks that might make an even better article next time (I've never written a Wikinews article I didn't think how to do better somehow, after the fact), but that's a given, so it doesn't at all lessen the accomplishment. Mattisse got upset, I think, because she was afraid her hard work might go to waste, and you just got caught a bit in the crossfire. Cheers! --Pi zero (talk) 14:54, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, and see below! :) --Belovedfreak (talk) 14:52, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Apology to you
I'm sorry for the comments I made about your article, as it was a perfectly fine article and what I said was unwarranted. Really, the Reviewers should have put a "merge" on it so things could have been done properly, as I didn't know how to do it. I regret the ensuing mess and regret my actions if I made you feel bad. Your article was a very good article. Again, I am so sorry. Best wishes, Mattisse (talk) 20:47, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No it's fine, actually I'm sorry, I probably overreacted. I was slightly "miffed" by what you said, but it's really no big deal. Your article was better; I was just trying to get the story on the front page to be honest. It's always difficult entering a new arena where everyone else seems to know what's going on. I'm experienced on Wikipedia but tend to feel a little lost on other Wikimedia projects. I don't mind at all whose work ends up published, it was more what you said, but I know it's easy to say things without thinking and to forget, when we're making improvements, that the things we improve were put there by someone with (usually) good intentions. But thanks for the message, and no hard feelings.--Belovedfreak (talk) 14:52, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for being so gracious. Really, there is no excuse for my comments, and they weren't even true. You did have important information in your article that mine lacked and your article was very well written. I hope I have learned from this. Best wishes, Mattisse (talk) 18:33, 26 June 2011 (UTC)