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 my apologies 

Hello Anne, I left a correction over on the WP:RETENTION talkpage, but I wanted to say my sorry here as well.  

""I wish to protest the role that 74 appears to be assigning to me here... Following another editor around and cleaning up his or her (deliberately left) messes would be boring""  

I did not mean to speak of you now, I was specifically thinking of Anne Delong in December 2012.  Although not yet replied on the talkpage, I'm currently reading through your first 500 edits, which make sense given your paragraphs in the Anne Phenomenon section.  

I absolutely disagree when you say following editors around and fixing their messes is boring.  You worked on your own Opera article... and while it was waiting in the queue... made 15 grammar-nazi sniper-fixes to other articles in the queue.  This was 2012-12-26 that I'm thinking of.  You came back to wikipedia, every hour, for hours and hours.  *That* is where you got addicted to wikipedia.  *That* is why you still help out at AfC.  In my oh-so-not-humble opinion, that day is the keystone which explains the Anne Delong Phenomenon.  

I want to re-create that day.  Help me phrase my explanation on the WP:RETENTION talkpage, so that I capture what it is that brought you to love wikipedia.  Hope this clarifies, and apologies for mischaracterizing your contributions now, when I should have been clear I was thinking of you back when you were just starting out.  74.192.84.101  "