User talk:BenTrem

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I meant nothing but positive intentions in that welcome message. The template used is designed for editors that have been around the block a time or two but never received a formal welcome. The simplicity of using a boilerplate template to welcome users seems rather mechanic but I will try to respond to any questions. You seem to have made some great contributions on here on topics you have some familiarity on. Keep up what you are doing for the big picture here. Every positive edit helps in the grand scheme. Red Director (talk) 02:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Greets - One of Mediawiki's many problems: this sort of back and forth is nothing like threaded, so I dont' see what I wrote you. I hope I wasn't too antagonistic. 40+ years in technical communications and this era has rubbed me raw.

• "The template" ... did you use a template? I don't think I knew that. I certainly did not.
• Ah, boilerplate ... fine stuff, now we're in sync. I always advise against boilerplate. Sort of like prompting a person to eat a hamburger of cardboard rather than beef. My personal opinion, but I stand by it.
• "Every positive edit helps in the grand scheme." I find this confusing. Did I make a positive edit? if so, then all of this is absurd ... literally. But also: you're telling someone who was hosting and editing wike before MediaWiki was a twinkle in anybody's eye. Why do you feel the need to explain what for me is ridiculously obvious? I have an idea: you use boilerplate which does not respond to nor address actualities. And then (quite happily) play catch-up.

Just that. --/bdt