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Jim Yong Kim

Well, first, your work on this article must be worthy of note in and of itself. (This is not an endorsement of the work per se, just an acknowledgement of its scale and, at least at moments like noted just below, seemingly sensible.)

I came here when, on my search for the coffee machine's being slipped in and other tidbits in the record, some of them around the Politico article, (part ref. here), I found this partic. edit of yours (removing the "unbalanced" template). Since it so clearly synched with my comments here and here at Talk:Jim Yong Kim about the template I thought I'd make a little common cause.

And now I find you've just responded to me in the Pol. section on the Talk page. I'm glad, it seems, my basic tack works for you. Your explanation of your work synchs perfectly with my initial addition of the "unbalanced" template (and thence of course your eventual removal of the template; which I did endorse in one of my entries without then identifying you as the active party). Nice (all). (And, again, I endorse your explanation though not necessarily the substance of your work; I'm not deep enough in to judge that.)

Well, on we go, eh? ... Cheers. ... And, if you come up for breath, you can click on that "red" user name of yours, create a minimal-to-start, say, user page; then all the red "gets out". Which some don't prefer but I'll say I do. ... Onward.

P.s. You may be interested in my comments here partic. on the 35,000 hits on the page y'day maybe; again, if you have a moment. And belatedly, I guess, a full "Welcome!" is warranted. See ya. Swliv (talk) 00:13, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, again. Just to clarify, I removed the "unbalanced" template because, as you said, it seemed balanced... but then reverted that later because, as a new editor, I didn't really think I had the right to make that decision. I read your comments re: 35k hits. Interesting stuff. Dswislow (talk) 00:26, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

I hadn't known you'd reverted yourself ... but know the feeling. Glad it worked. AND nice blue, eh? I think so. Swliv (talk) 00:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Can I try (another) helpful hint (or three)? You're wracking up lots of edits, many small. I always view that as wasteful because Wiki stores each and every one. So: The pace on this article seems to have settled appreciably. I'd suggest you try to "store up" your edits; just work along on the open, "editing" page, doing "Show previews" to see how it looks but not saving until a substantive "package" of edits is done. And then (as you sometimes do) I really encourage trying to give a decent Edit summary even of multi-part edits. So for example the whole "coffee pot" back-and-forth isn't, as it is I think, invisible on the Revision history page. Back to the multiple-edits issue: You may have encountered Edit conflict when you work along on an edit or edits, then try to save and someone else has "cut in"; so your edit doesn't get saved. It's pretty discouraging and in a fast-moving article strongly favors doing "quickies". I have slowly learned even to absorb, though, Edit conflicts with equanimity and have learned how to limit the time lost. (Open the page in another tab. See if the "cut in" edits are in the same immediate zone as mine. Cut and paste mine in again (without disturbing the cut-in-ner usually). Anyway, for what it's worth. :-) Swliv (talk) 01:07, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Can't... stop... editing. Haha. Great advice. Yes, definitely got a little overexcited on the minor edits. I think I'm done. Will take all of this into account for future ventures. Cheers. Dswislow (talk) 01:15, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback

Hello there! Such a great thing to hear, I feel the same way! Happy editing!

— Status {^talk_contribs 21:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

 

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