Nerd271

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Nerd271, good luck, and have fun. — Newslinger talk 11:17, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

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There's something strangely satisfying

seeing someone else restore an article to your version, isn't there? Maybe it's just me. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:38, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, I was dismayed, disappointed, and confused when I saw the article deleted. But I was too tired to do much and I planned to try to convince that moderator to reconsider. The problem, I thought, was to avoid raising suspicions of me being a sock puppet. But since enough people have persuaded him of the value of the page, however unready for main space, there was nothing for me to do. For the record, it was a group effort, like pretty much everything else on Wikipedia. Each new version does not necessarily erase the old. Nerd271 (talk) 16:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Wait a minute! Was that supposed to be a criticism? I don't get it. I was just trying to be nice. Nerd271 (talk) 20:22, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

No, it was just my thought when I saw your "thanks" for [1]. If I notice someone reverting to "my version" somewhere, I take it to mean they thought my version wasn't crap. Or at least less crappy. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:34, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Lede and Introduction

Thanks for making clear the difference between lede and introduction in your addition to Talk:Project 2025: Difference between revisions. It appears many editors are unaware of it. Mcljlm (talk) 21:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

@Mcljlm: Thank you for reaching out. I am glad I am not alone in being frustrated with the confusion. Nerd271 (talk) 15:56, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

I've just noticed that the MOS doesn't help: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. Mcljlm (talk) 17:34, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Mcljlm That is a mistake. Frankly, it is one example of the reason why I generally do not consult Wikipedia on matters of style. Something like The Elements of Style (3rd ed. 1979) by Strunk and White or The Sense of Style (2014) by Steven Pinker is more authoritative. Nerd271 (talk) 23:59, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

In that case Nerd271 perhaps you should edit the MOS section. Mcljlm (talk) 10:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

It turns out that the problem has been fixed, or that it never existed in the first place. Please see MOS:NOTLEDE. In addition, at the very top of MOS:LEAD, it reads, It is not a news-style lead or "lede" paragraph. We should remind people with the magic word MOS:NOTLEDE next time someone calls it that. Nerd271 (talk) 12:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)