User talk:Aule the Smith

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Eruro?

Eruro Aras... Did you translate that yourself or did you get that out of a "name generator"? Note: Tolkien didn't use "Eru" in names. Men used "Vala", Elves didn't invoke deities in their name at all. -- Ederchil 17:08, 9 February 2008 (EST)

It's a very rough translation of my name I did myself, using this article; Eru- fits much better than Vala- and I'm not claiming to be an Elf, just stealing their language :P --Aule the Smith 03:13, 10 February 2008 (EST)

This is a must-read before translating names. What does the -ro stand for anyway? I can only think of "Joey Deere" -- Ederchil 05:33, 10 February 2008 (EST)

Very close! It's actually "Joey Roe". The -ro is from aro, addition. So, Eruro = Eru-aro = God adds = "The LORD will increase" = Joseph ;) --Aule the Smith 09:53, 10 February 2008 (EST)

"Idea for structure"

I personally vote for bringing "cast" (maybe rename as "Voice cast"?) before "Accuracy". But that's just me. All films need some structure too. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 20:23, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Giant Family Tree

As per this discussion, I've deleted the sub-pages of User:Aule the Smith/GiantFamilyTree; they were causing trouble for the bot. It is possible to undelete these pages, so if you want to continue work on the family trees, drop me a line. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 07:49, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Signature

I've noticed you're using a custom signature which isn't a template; I thought you might be interested in this: Help:Signatures. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 18:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. I'd forgotten about that. —Aulë the Smith ^(Tk·Cb) 18:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome! --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 18:45, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Could you leave the infoboxes, alone, please. I'm in the middle of working on them (and haven't finished), and when you edit it creates an edit conflict which is irritating. Thanks. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 22:13, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think one edit conflict is a big deal. This is a wiki after all. —Aulë the Smith ^(Tk·Cb) 22:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

It's not a big deal, it's an irritating one, as I said. I was clearly in the middle of something and you interrupted, that's all.

I'm sorry for that, but I just wanted to show you that being patronising is not a particularly amicable quality to be exhibiting. You're a good editor, I don't deny, but some of your comments and actions have ruffled feathers amongst some editors and I just ask that you "look before you leap" a little more often. Please take this, as it's intended, as friendly advice rather than antagonistic criticism. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 23:42, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Some editors? I only see one here. Keep your advice. —Aulë the Smith ^(Tk·Cb) 09:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

There's no need to be so defensive (or dismissive and rude). I thought the "I only see one here" might be your retort: I wasn't going to embarrass any other editor by naming names - if they want to express their opinions they are free to do so but I don't think I should do it on their behalf. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 10:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Funny, "there's no need to be so defensive (or dismissive and rude)" is exactly what I thought about your original message. Let me express my profoundest regret if you feel I haven't been wrapping my jibes in the requisite number of hypocritical niceties, I'll endeavour to live up to your high standard in that regard from now on. Perhaps rudeness is something I am guilty of and you are not, but to be quite honest in the few weeks since I started editing I've reached my limit with your dismissive treatment of legitimate concerns I have raised (e.g. reverting my edits without giving a reason) and defensive attitude when it comes to your own activities (e.g. having things deleted from my user page rather than make your bot behave). If by being overly blunt I have in fact offended other editors then I am sincerely sorry, but as far as you are concerned as I said above I would prefer that you just butt out unless I do something genuinely disruptive that requires admin intervention. —Aulë the Smith ^(Tk·Cb) 14:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)