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February 2023
Hello, I'm Kautilya3. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Belt and Road Initiative, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Kautilya3 (talk) 21:35, 22 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your message. I did not cite a source for the changes I submitted, because I did not add new information, or remove any. I had merely rearranged the names of the cities listed in that portion of the article, describing one of the trade routes from China. My intent was to help make the route clearer, and simpler to understand, geographically speaking, to a prospective reader.
 * As originally presented, the order of the cities listed did not seem to follow a logical progression from one to the next. This seemed to imply the route was not well-planned, which might lead the reader to mistakenly believe that the project itself was poorly planned, and thus take a negative view of the project, or of China. Obviously, such a negative view would not desirable or helpful.
 * That being said, I understand that you have removed my edit, and restored the article to its original form. I have no objections to this, and I do not anticipate making further edits to the article. I might add that I am very interested in the progress of BRI, and that I found the article to be both well-written and engaging. My very best wishes to you!
 * Very truly yours. 69.163.2.211 (talk) 12:42, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks for clarifying. I have reinstated your edit. In future, you can avoid such problems by writing an edit summary that describes what you did. In this case "reordering for clarity" would have been an apt description. I will give you a notice message about edit summaries. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 12:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that one or more recent edit(s) you made did not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting, and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! Kautilya3 (talk) 12:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)