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curprev 19:0919:09, 16 April 2024‎ InTheAstronomy32 talk contribs‎ 14,868 bytes +39‎ Wp:SHORTDESC Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 15:0015:00, 7 April 2024‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 14,829 bytes −229‎ →‎Be cautious with major changes: discuss: Copy edit. Two substantive changes: (1) remove "a major change requiring prior discussion" (discussion is wise, but not required, before major changes), (2) encourage explanations for "any" - not just major - changes, and (3) add an edit summary as an alternative option for explaining a major edit
curprev 06:2406:24, 7 April 2024‎ Remsense talk contribs‎ 15,058 bytes +223‎ →‎Be cautious with major changes: discuss: remove odd, slightly melodramatic-sounding use of; adding what is hopefully a sentence or so of archetype to illustrate the dynamics that result from an editor neglecting to communicate

curprev 05:3705:37, 8 December 2023‎ Flatscan talk contribs‎ 14,514 bytes +9‎ →‎Try to fix problems: partial revert: restore "outright", "remove imperfect content outright" contrasts with "excise [problems]"

curprev 17:1817:18, 4 November 2023‎ Mach61 talk contribs‎ 14,594 bytes 0‎ →‎Adding information to Wikipedia Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 17:1817:18, 4 November 2023‎ Mach61 talk contribs‎ 14,594 bytes +6‎ →‎Adding information to Wikipedia: “Boldly” isn’t bad but a bit jargony for a page a lot of newcomers will read. Feel free to revert Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 08:5508:55, 3 September 2023‎ A smart kitten talk contribs‎ 14,563 bytes +1‎ →‎Try to fix problems: change the WP: hatnote shortcut link to a MOS: link, as the shortcut displayed on the destination page Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 00:4600:46, 13 August 2023‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 14,562 bytes −138‎ →‎Talking and editing: Both of these sentences link to the same essay. One is enough? Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 18:0618:06, 15 April 2023‎ Cryorett talk contribs‎ 14,704 bytes +5‎ No edit summary

curprev 23:4023:40, 17 March 2023‎ Jaredscribe talk contribs‎ 14,766 bytes +67‎ →‎{{Anchor|Try to fix problems: preserve information|Preserve content}} Try to fix problems: Instead of removing content from an article or reverting a new contribution, consider "boldly refining it on one or more of these ways:" Tag: Reverted

curprev 06:4006:40, 29 October 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 14,624 bytes −12‎ Undid revision 1118785509 by Thinker78 (talk) "wanting" is not a edit action Tag: Undo

curprev 16:0016:00, 26 October 2022‎ Jaredscribe talk contribs‎ 14,624 bytes +32‎ →‎{{Anchor|Try to fix problems: preserve information|Preserve content}} Try to fix problems: Same basic meaning, but clarifies the scope of the statement: Instead of removing content from an article ''or reverting a new contribution", consider:

curprev 13:0413:04, 7 October 2022‎ Oshwah talk contribs‎ m 14,592 bytes +1‎ →‎Be helpful: explain: + comma
curprev 11:4311:43, 7 October 2022‎ Lol1VNIO talk contribs‎ 14,591 bytes +420‎ Undid revision 1114553845 by EEng (talk): The links had to be piped anyway to hide the WP prefix, so might as well bypass redirect, except for the ones linking to anchors. I also fixed other things amongst the links. Tag: Undo
curprev 02:4802:48, 7 October 2022‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 14,171 bytes −420‎ WP:NOTBROKEN Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 00:1500:15, 7 October 2022‎ Lol1VNIO talk contribs‎ m 14,591 bytes +326‎ ce mostly links Tag: Reverted