User talk:Baffle gab1978

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Hi! Thanks for your CE. I'm very grateful for that. Unfortunately, I'm not a native English speaker; that's why I ask for help to the Guild mainly. Do you have examples of poorly written sentences in the article and any suggestions on how I can improve my English? Anyway, every NGE episode has two titles, one in Japanese and one in English: The DO review simply has the Japanese title. Thank you! TeenAngels1234 (talk) 19:25, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @TeenAngels1234:, thanks for your message; I'm glad the copy-edit is useful. Thanks also for clarifying the dual titles; I wasn't aware of this, despite having copy-edited some of these articles before. I note you've added this in a footnote, which I was going to suggest. Thank you for asking about the sentences I copy-edited; I hope you don't find my comments unkind or discouraging. I don't have the time to go through all of my changes, but as an example, this diff, where the first sentence was:

Gainax decided the basic plot for the eighteenth episode in the 1993 Proposal, with Shinji fighting an Angel-controlled Eva-03 piloted by his friend and making a choice.

This can be re-written as:

In the 1993 Proposal, Gainax decided the basic plot for the eighteenth episode would have Shinji making a choice and fighting an Angel-controlled Eva-03 piloted by his friend.

Merging together the two clauses helps the text flow more smoothly.

There are several ways to improve your English, depending on your skill level and what you want to achieve. The BBC has a Learning English website, and the Australian ABC has a similar website. Perhaps you can find some short courses local to you, on an online course may be more suitable. exposing yourself to as much written and spoken English as possible may be useful too. I hope that's useful; good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:40, 8 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

No, don't worry. I'm trying my best to improve it and your comments are useful. Thank you again! TeenAngels1234 (talk) 08:45, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Baffle gab, thank you for stepping up to help with my article. There is one thing I'd like to ask which caught me with some surprise - maybe I don't know something. I would like to know why the wikilinks were removed from quoted material, such as Billie Eilish and nu metal; I thought them obvious enough to save. Also, that Sam Carter sadly isn't notable. I fixed that dab.

I do not mean for this to sound defensive; I seek to understand, not to criticize. I solicited this, after all, and you've worked several of my postings before. 😊 Much appreciated, mftp dan ^oops 14:26, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @MFTP Dan:, thanks for your message; it's fine and I'm glad to hear the c/e is useful. Thank you for fixing my dab error; I usually do check links go to the correct article but I obviously didn't this time. But I'd have fixed that in my next editing session anyway (thanks to the bot!). :)

Per the Manual of Style, I usually remove wikilinks inside quotations. According to MOS:LINKQUOTE:

Be conservative when linking within quotations; link only to targets that correspond to the meaning clearly intended by the quote's author. Where possible, link from text outside of the quotation instead – either before it or soon after. (If quoting hypertext, add an editorial note, [link in original] or [link added], as appropriate, to avoid ambiguity as to whether the link was made by the original author.)

I appreciate the examples you give are unambiguous, "nu metal" at least can be (and is) linked outside the quotation and I think most readers would have heard of Billie Eillish. It's fine by me if you wish to re-link some of those terms. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:01, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]