User talk:ArghyaAnimecrazy

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here!   --Pokemaster97 21:39, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit Warring

Please stop re-adding the removed synopsis from BW108. It's considered edit warring, which is a blockable offense on Bulbapedia. Please do not edit war in the future. Thank you. --Pokemaster97 02:42, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Hidden note

Please do not remove hidden notes from the trivia section, they are there to notify users what not to add. Thank you.--ForceFire 01:04, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Edit warring 2

As above, please stop re-adding the things that are being removed on XY117. If you have a disagreement with another user, please try to settle it through discussion rather than by just silently redoing your edits. Thank you. Tiddlywinks (talk) 21:56, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Talk pages

Please, never edit archived talk pages. And never edit in old, unrelated sections of a talk page. If you want to talk to another person on Bulbapedia, use their current talk page, and start a new section (you can easily use the "+" button at the top of the page for this). Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

XY117

I'm going to copy all this here just because there's not really a better way.

(For the record, the below comes from here.)

Sub: The Summary of XY117:

Hey Tiddlywinks, I don't think the usage of 'runagate' instead of 'renegade' matters much,or using that word 'jocund' is by any way misfit with the context.Jovial,jocund and cheerful all are synonyms,so they can be used without any restriction,and Wordsworth has used that phrase in 'The Daffodils',so it is not wrong. I also disagree with your views that the last line is erroneous-'leaving their newfound friend in an optimistic and benevolent world which it shouldn't fear living in'.

Would u please specify my mistakes there? Thanks

Both "runagate" and "jocund" are incredibly obscure/awkward words. ("Runagate" I would have initially said wasn't even a word, until I searched a dictionary and found an entry. "Jocund" on the other hand I do recognize, but still only barely.) This makes them inappropriate to use. That's why I either replaced or removed them.

It's worth noting that I haven't seen this episode. But that last line that you wrote seemed to me in part too pat and in part awkward. If I were to try to point to a particular problem, I'd say that you can't call the "world" "optimistic" or "benevolent"; beings in a world can be optimistic or benevolent, but not the "world". Also, there's plenty of evidence that the Pokemon world as a whole isn't "benevolent" anyway (perhaps a majority, but certainly not everything).

I will also say about the other things you again tried to add back, "caustic" usually relates to sarcasm, to speech, and Phantump can't exactly speak, so it's at best a very awkward word to try to ascribe to it; and "the stump Pokemon" is just a completely pointless abstraction, there's just no reason to not identify it more directly.

(And, just in case: please continue the conversation here.)

Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey Tiddlywinks:

The usage of the phrase,'an optimistic and benevolent world' is a metonymical use, which refers to the' inhabitants' of the world.Just like,in the sentence,'The White House said that there would be a rapid economical growth','The White House' refers to the politicians living in it,in the same way,'optimistic and benevolent world' refers to all the Pokemon living in harmony in that forest.And,since Team Rocket's Meowth was the only hostile pokemon in the episode,and each other wild pokemon greeted Phantump with warmth and affection,the authenticity of my statement stands. 'Caustic' means 'harsh and critical',as defined by Merriam-Webster.So,that is also applicable to someone's behavior,not only speeches. And if Wordsworth can write 'No poet can but be gay/In such a jocund company,then why can't I? and Charles Lamb has used the word 'runagate' which means it is applicable,if a tad outdated.

Regarding the last line, what really (apparently) happened in the episode is that Phantump was convinced to change its mind. In that respect, your phrasing focuses on the world, almost suggesting that the world has changed; when rather, it is really most appropriate to focus on Phantump's outlook changing.

Regarding caustic: being critical still pretty much requires speech. (It's at least a little difficult to express "criticism" (in a really meaningful way) without speaking.) (And FWIW, "harsh and critical" is attributed as the simple definition, whereas the "full definition" says, "marked by incisive sarcasm".)

Finally, it doesn't matter if a word was used in this or that book. I could find the most obscure word used in a relatively modern book, but that doesn't mean it would be appropriate to use that word. It's simply folly to use a word that's hard to recognize, especially if it can be written differently and/or more recognizably. Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC)