Thread:Trigger009/@comment-995426-20150929065715/@comment-995426-20150930201205

Thank you for commenting. Your silence over the past 24 hours after what happened was unnerving to say the least, especially after you and The S each gave me such opposite-sounding reactions to my edits.

I was cleaning categories, and trying to make them less cluttered, and naturally expanding new categories where there seemed to be a useful need. That's why I was on such a manic editing spree. But to be a productive editor, it helps to have confidence, initiative and especially momentum. I thought talking to you about my edits was enough, since you seem to be here every day. I would love a good thoughtful discussion with The S&mdash;exchange reasoning, get a lay of the land so to say, etc.&mdash;but he's always seemed less interactive an administrator, and it always takes longer to communicate with him. If I don't know if he's going to condemn lots of my edits, or if he treats my edits like mass-vandalism, I lose confidence. If I don't understand what I can or can't do without passing it by him, I lose that sense of initiative. And if my editing has to stop for days or more just to run something by him, I lose momentum. I have only two editing speeds: manic and scarce. If my editing can only ever be scarce, I won't be very useful. You understand this practical dilemma, don't you?

I'm getting whiplash from all the mixed signals.