User talk:Honeybunch44

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I am very new to Wikipedia and placed my first post the other day. Unfortunately I got carried away by what I wanted to say and talked about my personal experiences, which I now know is unacceptable on Wikipedia. Two experienced editors pointed this out to me; one did so in a very pleasant, helpful and constructive manner and I appreciate this. Sadly, the other editor was condescending, rude and unpleasant and although I have twice taken this up with him on his talk page, he has both times responded in a manner which I find rude and offensive. Can I do anything about this or do I just have to accept that some Wikipedia editors think it's ok to behave towards other users in an unpleasant and uncivil manner. I would appreciate any help and advice. Many thanks. (Honeybunch44 (talk) 14:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC))[reply]

I understand your frustration. Some people respond in a thoughtful and mindful way keeping in mind things like WP:AGF, WP:BITE, WP:CIVIL... Others simply do not, instead following things like WP:ABF, WP:PLEASEBITE, and WP:GETOVERIT. This is the same as it is in the real world, and you just need to accept a certain level of it. If, however, it seems particularly offensive, there are multiple ways of dealing with issues. If it is a dispute about page content, you may consider requesting a WP:3O, and then failing that go to WP:DRN, and if it is still an issue whomever responds to your DRN request will assist you in taking it to the next level. If it is a user behavior issue, there are multiple venues such as WP:RFC/U, WP:AN/I, and... well, these are all considered "drama boards" and avoiding them is probably a good idea most of the time. If you really want to go there, I suggest requesting assistance with the process beforehand from someone who has been around for quite some time. Arbitration committee members, bureaucrats, administrators, and other long standing community members often try to be very helpful. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page, ping me here on your talk page, or email me if you need assistance with any editor or issue in particular and I will try to help where I can. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 19:07, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Technical 13 Thank you very much for your response. I was very upset by the behaviour of the editor I spoke about, when all I had done was, as a new editor, infringed on one Wikipedia rule. I suspect that, as you say, this particular person is one of those people who just gets some sort of pleasure out of being unpleasant. I note your comments and there is much wisdom and common sense in your words and subsequently, I feel that there is no point in taking the issue any further. I have wasted too much time on this person already and if I pursue the matter, it will be probably become even more traumatic! In any case, I'm not sure that I want to continue on Wikipedia at this point; I have found the whole episode very distressing and not at all what I expected when I innocently made my first post. Anyway, thank you again for your response, it's good to know that there are some decent and genuine Wikipedians out there! I see from your Talk page that you are unwell at the moment; I hope that this is nothing serious and that you will soon be back on the road to good health. Thanks again. (Honeybunch44 (talk) 09:54, 9 March 2014 (UTC))[reply]

Hopefully this positive interaction and response from me will persuade you to poke and prod a few more articles. I'd probably be call one of the worst to give advice in this area, as I tend to do the exact opposite, but if you stay relatively low and just make grammatical edits, add citations, mostly low-key uncontroversial stuff, then you shouldn't have too many issues. If you do make a mistake, someone will let you know about it, and it may be rude, but if you can ignore the tone (which can be hard to do), and just respond with a simple "thank you for pointing that out to me, I was unaware" then yuou should be fine. Like I said, if you have any real issues, feel free to ping me (just copy the {{U|Technical 13}} from my signature, a short comment about what you wanted to ask me and you signature as ~~~~), and I will respond. Good luck and happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 14:46, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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