[WikiEN-l] What is a minor change?

Tue Jan 27 15:07:09 UTC 2004

I've noticed a number of editors (especially newbies) mark small
additions of content as minor. I've also seen people make two or three
edits in a row as minor when, had they added all that info in one go
they would probably not mark it minor. I agree with your definition of
minor changes. I work on the principle of better to not mark it minor
when it is than mark it minor when it isn't.

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: Poor, Edmund W [mailto:Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com] 
Sent: 27 January 2004 15:04
To: Wikimedia developers
Cc: English Wikipedia
Subject: [WikiEN-l] What is a minor change?

There is no official definition of what a "minor change" is. My 
working definition is "anything that my fellow contributors would 
agree is minor". 

And the operative question is "Would they want to see this on 
Recent Changes (with 'hide minor changes' in effect?"

I mark these as minor:
* Nearly all my grammar and spelling fixes 
* Copy-edits that DO NOT CHANGE the meaning

I usually don't mark these as minor:
* Copy-edits that subtly correct a nuance of POV
* Re-writes and re-phrasing which PROBABLY DON'T CHANGE the 
  meaning, but which some other user might think is a sly attempt 
  to inject my own POV (in a controversial article).

Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed
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