User blog:Silkmoth/Making Mistakes 2: Electric Boogaloo

Oops I Did It Again
I did it again. Made another mistake. I added the Quests category to every single boss quest page. Only after I had finished did sonnet73, beacon of light in the wiki's darkness, save me valiantly from my own mistakes. Unfortunately, only an admin has the power to remove articles from categories so I can't clean up my mess. Furthermore, I received a few badges and Wiki Points just from making all those edits, and now they feel tainted.

I really was trying to help and I assumed that I was correcting a glaring oversight. Sonnet rolled back the foolish edits and I am left with new wiki knowledge and undeserved badges. They are the blood money of badges, earned from dubious means. That's dirty money!

However, unlike Francesco Vincent "Frank" Serpico as played by Charlie Kelly as played by Charlie Day, I cannot refuse the badges. I shall keep them. I enjoy the feeling of having badges and the Points are nice. However if an admin is reading this due to reviewing a future application or something, know that my intentions were pure.

Today I learned something new; and isn't that the best edit of all? The edit of the wiki of your brain or heart or something. The metaphor falls apart, but the idea holds. Unlike Shakespeare's own 73rd sonnet, I am not but the yellowing leaves of autumn, nor the fading sunset of twilight, nor the dwindling flame of a fire. I am young, in both age and wiki prowess. I learn something new everyday, and while somewhat banal, learning is truly the greatest badge of all.

And so I close with a thank you. Thank you sonnet73, for providing me with stalwart guidance in this strange and mysterious place. Here's to the Habitica wiki, and here's to sonnet73, Champion Scribe.