Hello! Right, well, lets see. We can discuss things here without lots of public prying eyes, which makes things a lot easier. Don't forget the page is still visable to everyone, but as it's relatively private it should allow you to ask questions you may have felt there was a "stigma" to asking. I'll create some titles and we can add things there as we get to them.

• The level one headers in sections

Would you mind explaining why you like level 1? The default is level 2, they look the same. All it does (AFAIK) is that when you create a new section, it defaults to a subsection of the section above, and in the majority of cases that doesn't make sense.

 Changed An editor since 10.28.2010. 00:58, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• The notices at the top

Let's go through them, and think about each one. I'd much prefer if we could narrow it down to 1 paragraph, say 5 sentences? Remember, a user talk page is designed to allow easy communication with you as a user, and having so many does not promote ease of communication.

Some general thoughts

• Putting instructions that are part of general wikiquette are redundant, just serving to take up space
• Putting instructions that are not part of general wikiquette is unhelpful, why should someone change how they work just to talk to you
• General information about you should be kept on your userpage, rather than your talk page.
• You don't own any page on Wikipedia, even your talk page, so it should follow general guidelines
• Why delete anything? It's still in the history, so you might as well be open and use archives instead. I can help you set up a bot to do it for you automatically.

• Use of the  Half done checkmark in place of the  done checkmark

No issues with that, though you do seem to make a few too many edits to do each thing. Endless fiddling is a little vexing. I'll explain a bit more below.

Messages

Moved to User talk:Worm That Turned/Adopt/Since 10.28.2010/Notices.

I'll need to do a little research to confirm this, so to make my life a bit easier, can you opt in here? It just involves creating a page.

One issue is where your edits are happening and that you are taking many edits to do little changes. Are you using the preview button? I'm sure you're wondering why this is an issue. Well for one thing, it makes article histories (and user talk page histories) much more difficult to navigate. For another, it appears you are trying to falsly increase your edit count, so it looks like you've done more work than you actually have. For that reason, most people who've been on wikipedia for a long while stop caring about editcounts - it's even why we have the essay WP:EDITCOUNTITIS

Not trying to intentionally increase edit count. And with creating a page, exactly what am I supposed to do? It also appears to be this guy's page. An editor since 10.28.2010. 01:04, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Click on this page, click create, put anything you like in there. The very existence of the page means that you opt in.

You do seem to make many edits in quick succession, which can upset talk page flow, causes edit conflicts and is generally annoying to people. Can you try to use the "Preview" button, think about what you want to say and try and combine some of these edits?

It might help if you summarise what changes you've made in the edit summary. It helps you (and others) keep track of what you've done. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:14, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so I just type, like a space, and then...what? I am slightly confused and don't want to create random pages for the purpose of “opt[ing] in”. Thanks again, An editor since 10.28.2010. 21:36, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my opt in page. Create your page by writing anything you like, then save it, then press refresh on your browser. You will be opted in after that. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:57, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Opted in An editor since 10.28.2010. 03:59, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Temper tantrums

Hi Since 10.28.2010. What I'm about to discuss is possible a little delicate, so if you'd rather keep it off-wiki, feel free to reply by email. I am worried about your "uncontrollable temper tantrums". If they are uncontrollable, how do you stop them from affecting your work on wikipedia. I know the encyclopedia has had problems in the past with users behaving badly when drunk.

Despite the fact that a user may be helpful and productive the vast majority of the time, if they are disruptive for regular short periods of time, this will not be tolerated by the community. It's not up to the community to "look after" users, and whilst there are some who are willing to adopt/mentor/guide users, distruption will end up with the user being blocked. I've even seen conditions such as Aspergers syndrome, dismissed as an irrelevent excuse.

So, my questions are,

1. In what way do they effect your work on Wikipedia?
2. If they are uncontrollable, what's to stop you blowing up at a user?
3. Do you understand that Wikipedia (and me in particular) will take a zero-tolerance approach to any temper tantrum?

I look forward to your reply. Worm^TT · (talk) 10:06, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Usually my temper tantrums are ignited when users give opportunities to express anger. My approach is to usually just take a break, and visit other sites (as in, off Wikipedia, and external) in the meantime. Yes, I do understand that and why Wikipedia has a zero-tolerance policy, and I will abide by it in every case possible. (I also understand why you “look forward to [my] reply.”) The temper tantrums is usually caused by (suprisingly) the media, and the news. I live in California, possibly the worst of the fifty states (yeah, I know people used to say that California was the best of the fifty, but not anymore), and every day I wake up, I have to worry about losing my house to foreclosure. Anyway: enough with California, I will comply to all zero-tolerance-anger policies. Again, anger arises only when I am given opportunities. The research of medicine for the temper is still in progress and I look forward to its debut (doc told me it's sometime after I die; gee, who knew pouring colored liquids into graduated cylinders could be so hard). My solution, again, is to visit external sites (I will specify if requested). Now on a lighter note: thanks again for adopting, and I look forward to a good relationship at Wikipedia. Now for me: off to read a book, my favorite nighttime novel. Thanks again, An editor since 10.28.2010. 04:11, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]