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	The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes; logged-in users might even set their preferences to not display them. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, it is best not to mark the edit as minor.		The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes; logged-in users might even set their preferences to not display them. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, it is best not to mark the edit as minor.

	Users who are not logged in to ~~SITENAME~~ are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is one of many reasons to register.		Users who are not logged in to Wikicars are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is one of many reasons to register.

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

Red marquis at 02:16, 6 August 2010

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	A check to the '''minor edit''' box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions: typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearrangement of text without modification of content, etc. 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: typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearrangement of text without modification of content, etc. 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. Therefore, any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if the edit concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not", which can change the meaning of a sentence, is a major edit.		By contrast, a major edit is one that should be reviewed for its acceptability to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if the edit concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not", which can change the meaning of a sentence, is a major edit.

Red marquis at 02:15, 6 August 2010

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	~~http~~:~~//www~~.~~forget-acne~~.~~com/ accutane~~ :~~PPP http://www~~.~~tramadol~~-~~pills~~-~~online~~.~~com/ buy keyword tramadol 31117 http://www~~.~~phentermineguide~~.~~net/ phentermine without~~ a ~~prescription 0660 http://www~~.~~buyxanaxnow~~.~~net/ long term effects~~ of ~~xanax >:~~-~~PP http://www~~.~~phentermine~~-~~hcl~~.~~org/ phentermine zfzujb~~		A check to the '''minor edit''' box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions: typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearrangement of text without modification of content, etc. 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. Therefore, any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if the edit concerns a single word; for example, the addition or removal of "not", which can change the meaning of a sentence, is a major edit.

			The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes; logged-in users might even set their preferences to not display them. If there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change, it is best not to mark the edit as minor.

			Users who are not logged in to SITENAME are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is one of many reasons to register.

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

			== When to mark an edit as a minor edit ==
			* Spelling and grammatical corrections
			* Simple formatting (''e.g.'', capitalization, punctuation, or properly adding italics to non-English words, like ''folie des grandeurs'')
			* 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 "Nixon resigned in 1874" to "Nixon resigned in 1974")
			* Fixing layout errors
			* Adding or correcting wikilinks
			* Removing vandalism and graffiti

			== When ''not'' to mark an edit as a minor edit ==
			* Adding or removing content in an article
			* Adding or removing tags or other templates in an article
			* Adding or removing references or external links in an article
			* Adding comments to a talk page

			== Things to remember ==
			* Any change to the source text (Wikitext), even if it does not affect the presentation of the page in HTML (if it involves adding a space or a line break, for example) will still be treated as a change according to the database.
			* Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text.
			* 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 vandalism is an exception to this rule.
			* If you ''accidentally'' mark an edit as minor when it was in fact a major edit, you should make a second edit, or dummy edit, noting in the dummy's edit summary that the previous edit was major. As a trivial edit to be made for this purpose, just opening the edit box and saving (''i.e.'' changing nothing) will not work; neither will adding a blank space at the end of a line or a blank line at the end of the page—in these cases the edit is cancelled and the edit summary discarded. However, one can, for example, add an extra space between two words. This will be preserved in the wikitext and recorded as a change, although it will not change the page's appearance when rendered.
			* It may be worth communicating any disagreement about what is minor via Talk or a message to the contributor, being careful to avoid a flame war ("I thought your change was a bit more than minor—maybe I am being over-sensitive?"). There is a grey area, and many contributors will appreciate feedback on whether they've got it right.
			* 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.

			== Exceptions ==
			Administrators and 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).

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