User talk:Fenharrow

Notifying other editors

Hello! About your article talk page edits here and here, those did not notify me or the other editors you were attempting to "ping". To notify other editors of your discussion posts, you can use the {{Reply to}} template, and sign the post in the same edit. As it says on the template page, "You cannot directly type the "@" symbol to notify a user of your reply, you must use the template documented here or manually create a wikilink to their user page." — Mudwater ^(Talk) 10:33, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Ah yes! Thank you very much, Mudwater! It must have been sitting there looking purposeless in my earlier comment. I rectified the mistake in my latest. :) Fenharrow (talk) 16:37, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh and if you don't mind me asking, what prompted you to name your wikipedia account "Mudwater"? Fenharrow (talk) 16:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

GSL

What makes you think I accused them of anything? DN (talk) 05:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey DN! It kinda seemed like you might be hinting they were being less than honest—maybe I read it wrong? I’ve been a little cautious about our exchanges from the start; even though it’s just through TP messages, sometimes it feels like a bit of a punch to the gut! Anyway, thanks for reaching out and hope you have a great day (or night)! Fenharrow (talk) 18:43, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

I apologize for appearing aggressive, it just seemed like a mistake, not an intentional lie. DN (talk) 20:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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