User talk:Kat Ryan Robinson

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Saxony in the German Revolution (1918–1919)
Hello, Kat Ryan Robinson,

Since I have this article on my watchlist, it popped up when you made your change, and when I saw that it's your first edit, I wanted to address my comments directly to you (normally they would go on the article's talk page).

First of all, it's always best to include an edit summary so people like me who have an interest in the article know the general purpose of the update. As for the specific changes, adding "also known as revolutionary councils" seems to be sort of anticipating the use of "revolutionary councils" in the next sentence, like you were trying to make sure the connection is clear? But it isn't really a case of alternative names for the same thing; "revolutionary councils" is just a generic term to avoid using the same phrase twice in a row. Also, there shouldn't be a link on it to "German workers' and soldiers' councils", which is linked in the phrase immediately before it. Then the German gloss "Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte" should if anywhere go right after "workers' and soldiers' councils", but I wouldn't include it in the first sentence of the article. The first sentence should focus on explaining the most essential meat of the subject only. Finally, what was your basis for changing November to October? The council movement in Germany started with the Kiel mutiny in the first days of November 1918.

I'm going to undo (revert) your changes for the reasons above. And I hope my long-winded explanation here didn't discourage rather than help? Keep at it! It can be very rewarding. And useful.

GHStPaulMN (talk) 01:59, 10 May 2024 (UTC)