User talk:Galanas3

Feb 27, 2017. I opened Wikipedia to find :From today's featured article" about Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman. I clicked on Pitman's name to see the whole article. On that page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ho%CA%BBolulu_Pitman) I noticed a prominent typo--a missing digit in his birthdate in the leading sentence of the summary. I tried to use "edit" in order to correct this typo. I have only plain editing experience--no knowledge of html or any similar "source" codes, so I have no idea how to do this. It is just that the lead line, wherein his birth - death dates are listed after his name -- has left out the digit "1" so that instead of "March 18"  the current page says "March 8."  Every other place on the page says "18", and that is the only reason I noticed the error. I tried giving myself permission to edit a section only, but I was not able to add the "1" (or anything else) where it is needed. I could not figure out anything when I tried 'view source' and all the codes that came up there -- I reiterate that I have no experience with editing outside of word processing formats such as Microsoft Word.

This was supposed to be a very quick early morning visit to Wikipedia, on my part. I do not currently have time to learn how to make that correction, and I certainly have no interest in taking credit or being recognized. As someone who has always relied on Wikipedia as a reasonably reliable source, I just want to contribute my part to keep it reliable. Perhaps, by now, someone with more skill has also noticed the error and the fix is already underway. If not, I hope someone will read this post and will make the appropriate edit. Thank you! Galanas3 (talk) 17:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)