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Changed my mind about my offer, best of luck!
:Wow, kind words! Thank you very much! You are interpreting "encyclopedic" and "formal tone" correctly; the wiki should not use "you" and shouldn't have sentence fragments. The problem is that there are thousands of pages in 12 languages, and only me to patrol them. So, yes, have fun and fix what you like! The only caveat I have is that all similar pages should read the same, even if the wording is clunky. So, if you change one fish's page, you should really check all fish pages for consistency. ...A tall order in some cases. Thank you for making the wiki better, and have fun! [[User:Margotbean|margotbean]] ([[User talk:Margotbean|talk]]) 17:52, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
:Wow, kind words! Thank you very much! You are interpreting "encyclopedic" and "formal tone" correctly; the wiki should not use "you" and shouldn't have sentence fragments. The problem is that there are thousands of pages in 12 languages, and only me to patrol them. So, yes, have fun and fix what you like! The only caveat I have is that all similar pages should read the same, even if the wording is clunky. So, if you change one fish's page, you should really check all fish pages for consistency. ...A tall order in some cases. Thank you for making the wiki better, and have fun! [[User:Margotbean|margotbean]] ([[User talk:Margotbean|talk]]) 17:52, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
::That is fantastic, thank you. It may take me a little while to go through every page to ensure no more sentence fragments or informal language, but I will happily take this on (apologies in advance for the patrolling work it causes). Cheers [[User:User6789|User6789]] ([[User talk:User6789|talk]]) 18:04, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
::That is fantastic, thank you. It may take me a little while to go through every page to ensure no more sentence fragments or informal language, but I will happily take this on (apologies in advance for the patrolling work it causes). Cheers [[User:User6789|User6789]] ([[User talk:User6789|talk]]) 18:04, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
::Hi again Margotbean, we just talked about fixing sentence fragments, it will take some time to get all pages of the same type to be consistent. I can't feasibly edit all pages at a single time to make them consistent, there's going to need to be some time elapsed between pages where some are not yet updated (editng and considering convention when there are no rules set or posted anyhwere takes time). I see some I have been doing have been reversed with the message "Again, a good change that doesn't match the Iron Lamp-post," (which it won't because Iron Lamp-post has not yet been edited). As I mentioned, I intend to go through ''all'' pages, but that's going to take some time, during which things won't match. Furthermore, items with differing amounts of information sometimes require information to be broken up slightly differently. As with any writing, the amount of information present affects how the information is divided. I'm not going through them per item type, I'm going reverse alphabetical using the ''All Pages'' tool. Sometimes, a bit of flexibility is required in addressing fragments.
::At this point I think it may be better for me to revers all changes I've made to now and let you guys just do your usual thing. Best of luck! [[User:User6789|User6789]] ([[User talk:User6789|talk]]) 23:27, 21 August 2021 (UTC)