[WikiEN-l] What is a minor change?

Wed Jan 28 01:54:38 UTC 2004

On Jan 27, 2004, at 10:03 AM, Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> 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).

I tend to make a distinction between substantive (major) and 
non-substantive (minor) edits.  Anything that changes the meaning in 
*any way*, anything that someone could disagree with after but not 
before, is major, anything else is minor.  That way no one is surprised 
by my changes, and watchers can safely ignore anything marked minor by 
me.  But since that's just *my* rule, and no one's keeping track of 
what who considers minor, it's only so useful...

Peter

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