User talk:James englehorn

I recently (today) posted corrections to the Wesley Englehorn page and seemed to have messed it up. Can you go to archives and restore to state before my botched edit attempts? James Englehorn
Please help me with... I recently (today) posted corrections to the Wesley Englehorn page and seemed to have messed it up. Can you go to archives and restore to state before my botched edit attempts?

James englehorn (talk) 19:30, 7 February 2015 (UTC) § James englehorn
 * ✅ - more advice in a few minutes. JohnCD (talk) 20:11, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. Don't worry about making mistakes - the best way to learn.


 * The problem with this edit was that on the "death date" line you had the reference within the curly brackets (braces), so the "template" code which interprets what is between the braces encountered things it couldn't understand.


 * It's generally good practice to use the "Show preview" button and, if the result is not what you intended, try to work out why and fix it before you press "Save page". Problems are most often due to brackets or tags like not matching.


 * However, almost anything can be undone: you could in fact have reverted to the previous state yourself. Clicking the "View history" tab at the top shows you a list of the previous versions, one to a line. If you just want to undo the most recent change, there is an "undo" button at the right hand end of the line. If you want to go back to an earlier version,
 * Click on the time and date towards the left of the corresponding line. That will show you the page as it was then.
 * Click on "Edit source". You will get a warning "You are editing an old revision of this page. If you save it, any changes made since then will be removed."
 * Fill in an edit summary: something like "Revert to version by X at time/date" is helpful, with a reason like "undo mistake" or "revert vandalism"
 * Click "Save page".


 * Here are some pages that you may find helpful:
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)