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- Thank you for creating such useful hiking articles. These are a great addition to Wikivoyage. Ground Zero (talk) 12:37, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot! I hope Wikvoyage can be an entry point for a lot of hiking trails in the future. Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 13:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hello Bluecoordinationfine, it's good to see a contributor focusing on hiking destinations. I notice, however, in many cases you've changed lively writing that helps convey a passion for travel into dull, lifeless "just the facts" writing. An AI bot could do that, and it's not what makes for a '''good''' travel guide. I would like to ask that you re-visit many of your recent edits and revert your changes. I don't really want to go through all your changes and do it myself, but they really are a degradation in quality. In the future, please try to use a livelier tone and style that conveys some excitement for whatever you're writing about. Regards, Mrkstvns (talk) 18:18, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hey! Thanks for the feedback. I was under the impression that I was "doing it wrong" so to speak, when I read some of the other articles on Wikivoyage. This prompted me to make the change.
- It's good to know that this is not what's expected, I'll do my best to improve this in the future. Are there any specific changes you're referring to? Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 18:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- Have a look at Wikivoyage:Tone. Pashley (talk) 11:57, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link! I'll look through my recent changes. My reason for making some (if not most) of them is that the text was rather vague. In some cases, I also checked the information. For example, some descriptions listed "an open vista" or something similar, while the trail is mapped through exclusively forested regions.
- At least the factual basis is good now. Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 12:04, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
- Have a look at Wikivoyage:Tone. Pashley (talk) 11:57, 1 June 2025 (UTC)