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Viceroy Sam: Remove some links that won't be pages.

2020-06-05T08:09:20Z

Remove some links that won't be pages.

NottNott: Created page with "{{nutshell|* Checking the '''minor edit''' box signifies that the current and previous versions differ only superficially (typographical corrections, etc.), in a way that no e..."

2020-05-26T04:09:33Z

Created page with "{{nutshell|* Checking the '''minor edit''' box signifies that the current and previous versions differ only superficially (typographical corrections, etc.), in a way that no e..."

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{{nutshell|* Checking the '''minor edit''' box signifies that the current and previous versions differ only superficially (typographical corrections, etc.), in a way that no editor would be expected to regard as disputable.
* Any edit that changes the ''meaning'' of an article is not a minor edit, even if the edit concerns a single word, and it is improper to mark such an edit as minor.}}

[[File:Minor edit.png|thumb|300px|The "minor edit" checkbox (circled)]]
[[File:Minor edit selection box in visual editor.png|thumb|300px|The "minor edit" selection box (circled) in the Visual editor "save" form]]
A check to the '''minor edit''' box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include [[Typographical error|typographical corrections]], corrections of minor formatting errors, and reversion of obvious vandalism. A ''minor edit'' is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. An edit of this kind is marked in its page's [[Help:Page history|revision history]] with a lower case, bolded "m" character ('''m''').

By contrast, a major edit is one that should be reviewed for its acceptability to all concerned editors. Any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if it concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not" is not a minor edit.

Because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]], the distinction between major and minor edits is significant. Logged-in users can set their preferences not to display minor edits. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, the edit should not be marked as minor. (If an editor considers a change to be minor yet conceivably controversial, it is always possible to include "minor" in the [[help:edit summary|edit summary]] without ticking the "minor edit" box.)

Users who are not [[Help:Logging in|logged in]] to {{SITENAME}} are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for [[EM:vandalism|vandalism]].

A good rule of thumb is that edits consisting {{strong|solely}} of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content should be flagged as minor edits.

== How to mark an edit as minor ==

Below the edit summary field, there is a checkbox that says "This is a minor edit". Most browsers support [[Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts|access keys]] (keyboard shortcuts); the access key for the minor edit checkbox is {{key press|i}}. You can mark and save an edit very quickly by using the access keys for minor edit ({{key press|i}}) and save ({{key press|s}}).

When filling in the edit summary, you may also press {{key press|Tab|Space}} to check the minor edit box quickly.

== What to mark as minor changes ==

* Spelling, grammatical, and punctuation corrections
* Simple formatting (e.g., capitalization, or properly adding italics to non-English words, like {{lang|fr|[[folie de grandeur]]}}, or titles of certain works, like ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'')
* Formatting that does not change the meaning of the page (e.g., moving a picture, splitting one paragraph into two—where this is not contentious)
* Obvious factual errors (e.g., changing "[[Thomas Edison|Edison]] was born in '''1947'''" to "[[Thomas Edison|Edison]] was born in '''1847'''")
* Fixing layout errors
* Adding or correcting [[Help:Link#Wikilinks|wikilinks]], or fixing broken external links and references already present in the article
* Removing obvious [[EM:vandalism|vandalism]]

== What ''not'' to mark as minor changes ==

* Adding or removing content in an article
* Adding or removing visible tags or other templates in an article
* Adding or removing [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|references]] / citations, [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]], or [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categories]] in an article
* Adding comments to a [[Help:Using talk pages|talk page]] or other discussion

== Things to remember ==

* Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text.
* Consequently, if you are in doubt about whether an edit is minor or not, it is ''always'' safer not to mark it as minor.
* [[Help:Reverting|Reverting]] a page is not likely to be considered minor under most circumstances. When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it is better not to mark ''any'' edit as minor. Reverting blatant [[EM:vandalism|vandalism]] is an exception to this rule.
* Marking your change as minor affects how it displays in some [[Help:Watching pages#Watchlist|editors' watchlists]]. If, for example, you mark your talk page comments as "minor", then fewer editors are likely to notice your comment.
* The designation of a change as minor or major is not a reflection of how much work went into making the change. For instance, even if you spent several hours finding and fixing problems with the formatting of references, the change would still be minor. Editors should not feel that marking a change as minor devalues their effort.

== Exceptions ==

[[EM:Administrators|Administrators]] and [[EM:Rollback|rollbackers]] can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such rollback reversions are marked as minor by the wiki software. The intended use of the rollback feature is for cases of vandalism, where the act of reverting any vandalism should be considered minor (and can be ignored in the recent changes list).

Additionally, bot accounts usually mark their edits as minor in addition to the "bot" flag.

== See also ==

* [[Help:How to contribute]] — How to edit articles

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	[[File:Minor edit.png\|thumb\|300px\|The "minor edit" checkbox (circled)]]		[[File:Minor edit.png\|thumb\|300px\|The "minor edit" checkbox (circled)]]
	[[File:Minor edit selection box in visual editor.png\|thumb\|300px\|The "minor edit" selection box (circled) in the Visual editor "save" form]]		[[File:Minor edit selection box in visual editor.png\|thumb\|300px\|The "minor edit" selection box (circled) in the Visual editor "save" form]]
	A check to the '''minor edit''' box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include ~~[[Typographical error\|~~typographical corrections]], corrections of minor formatting errors, and reversion of obvious vandalism. A ''minor edit'' is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. An edit of this kind is marked in its page's ~~[[Help:Page history\|~~revision history]] with a lower case, bolded "m" character ('''m''').		A check to the '''minor edit''' box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include typographical corrections, corrections of minor formatting errors, and reversion of obvious vandalism. A ''minor edit'' is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. An edit of this kind is marked in its page's revision history with a lower case, bolded "m" character ('''m''').

	By contrast, a major edit is one that should be reviewed for its acceptability to all concerned editors. Any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if it concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not" is not a minor edit.		By contrast, a major edit is one that should be reviewed for its acceptability to all concerned editors. Any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if it concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not" is not a minor edit.

	Because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing [[~~Help~~:~~Recent changes~~\|recent changes]], the distinction between major and minor edits is significant. Logged-in users can set their preferences not to display minor edits. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, the edit should not be marked as minor. (If an editor considers a change to be minor yet conceivably controversial, it is always possible to include "minor" in the ~~[[help:~~edit summary~~\|edit summary]]~~ without ticking the "minor edit" box.)		Because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing [[Special:RecentChanges\|recent changes]], the distinction between major and minor edits is significant. Logged-in users can set their preferences not to display minor edits. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, the edit should not be marked as minor. (If an editor considers a change to be minor yet conceivably controversial, it is always possible to include "minor" in the edit summary without ticking the "minor edit" box.)

	Users who are not ~~[[Help:Logging in\|~~logged in]] to {{SITENAME}} are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]].		Users who are not logged in to {{SITENAME}} are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]].

	A good rule of thumb is that edits consisting {{strong\|solely}} of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content should be flagged as minor edits.		A good rule of thumb is that edits consisting {{strong\|solely}} of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content should be flagged as minor edits.
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	* Spelling, grammatical, and punctuation corrections		* Spelling, grammatical, and punctuation corrections
	* Simple formatting (e.g., capitalization, or properly adding italics to non-English words, like ~~{{lang\|fr\|[[~~folie de grandeur~~]]}}~~, or titles of certain works, like ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'')		* Simple formatting (e.g., capitalization, or properly adding italics to non-English words, like folie de grandeur, or titles of certain works, like ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'')
	* Formatting that does not change the meaning of the page (e.g., moving a picture, splitting one paragraph into two—where this is not contentious)		* Formatting that does not change the meaning of the page (e.g., moving a picture, splitting one paragraph into two—where this is not contentious)
	* Obvious factual errors (e.g., changing "~~[[Thomas~~ Edison~~\|Edison]]~~ was born in '''1947'''" to "~~[[Thomas Edison\|~~Edison]] was born in '''1847'''")		* Obvious factual errors (e.g., changing "Edison was born in '''1947'''" to "Edison was born in '''1847'''")
	* Fixing layout errors		* Fixing layout errors
	* Adding or correcting ~~[[Help:Link#Wikilinks\|~~wikilinks]], or fixing broken external links and references already present in the article		* Adding or correcting wikilinks, or fixing broken external links and references already present in the article
	* Removing obvious [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]]		* Removing obvious [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]]

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	* Adding or removing visible tags or other templates in an article		* Adding or removing visible tags or other templates in an article
	* Adding or removing [[Wikipedia:Citing sources\|references]] / citations, [[Wikipedia:External links\|external links]], or [[Wikipedia:Categorization\|categories]] in an article		* Adding or removing [[Wikipedia:Citing sources\|references]] / citations, [[Wikipedia:External links\|external links]], or [[Wikipedia:Categorization\|categories]] in an article
	* Adding comments to a ~~[[Help:Using talk pages\|~~talk page]] or other discussion		* Adding comments to a talk page or other discussion

	== Things to remember ==		== Things to remember ==
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	* Consequently, if you are in doubt about whether an edit is minor or not, it is ''always'' safer not to mark it as minor.		* Consequently, if you are in doubt about whether an edit is minor or not, it is ''always'' safer not to mark it as minor.
	* [[Help:Reverting\|Reverting]] a page is not likely to be considered minor under most circumstances. When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it is better not to mark ''any'' edit as minor. Reverting blatant [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]] is an exception to this rule.		* [[Help:Reverting\|Reverting]] a page is not likely to be considered minor under most circumstances. When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it is better not to mark ''any'' edit as minor. Reverting blatant [[EM:vandalism\|vandalism]] is an exception to this rule.
	* Marking your change as minor affects how it displays in some ~~[[Help:Watching pages#Watchlist\|~~editors' watchlists]]. If, for example, you mark your talk page comments as "minor", then fewer editors are likely to notice your comment.		* Marking your change as minor affects how it displays in some editors' watchlists. If, for example, you mark your talk page comments as "minor", then fewer editors are likely to notice your comment.
	* The designation of a change as minor or major is not a reflection of how much work went into making the change. For instance, even if you spent several hours finding and fixing problems with the formatting of references, the change would still be minor. Editors should not feel that marking a change as minor devalues their effort.		* The designation of a change as minor or major is not a reflection of how much work went into making the change. For instance, even if you spent several hours finding and fixing problems with the formatting of references, the change would still be minor. Editors should not feel that marking a change as minor devalues their effort.

	== Exceptions ==		== Exceptions ==

	[[EM:Administrators\|Administrators~~]] and [[EM:Rollback\|rollbackers~~]] can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such rollback reversions are marked as minor by the wiki software. The intended use of the rollback feature is for cases of vandalism, where the act of reverting any vandalism should be considered minor (and can be ignored in the recent changes list).		[[EM:Administrators\|Administrators]] can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such rollback reversions are marked as minor by the wiki software. The intended use of the rollback feature is for cases of vandalism, where the act of reverting any vandalism should be considered minor (and can be ignored in the recent changes list).

	Additionally, bot accounts usually mark their edits as minor in addition to the "bot" flag.		Additionally, bot accounts usually mark their edits as minor in addition to the "bot" flag.