User talk:Lewis150

Falsely marking edits as "minor"
Hi Lewis150! I noticed that you recently marked a large number of edit as minor&#32;at Spanish Civil War, Vox (political party), Francisco Franco, Pacific Justice Institute, and several other article that were not "minor" according to our definition. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia –– it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Generalrelative (talk) 17:00, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know. Is there a way for me to retroactively add descriptions of my edits? Lewis150 (talk) 17:45, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately no. Just take the advice going forward. And note that adding edit summaries is different from marking edits as "minor". Just make sure to only mark an edit as minor if you're correcting a basic spelling, grammar or formatting error. Anything that changes the meaning of a statement at all is not minor. Cheers, Generalrelative (talk) 18:04, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there any problem with me adding similar edits to these pages if I provide the proper edit summary? Also, do I need to provide an edit summary for every edit? Or was my problem just clicking the minor edit button? Lewis150 (talk) 18:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Edit summaries are strongly suggested because they help other editors understand what you're thinking. See WP:ES for more. I did see some other problems with your edits as noted in my own edit summaries when reverting. Indeed, I would never revert someone just because they'd incorrectly marked their edit as "minor". In general there does appear to be a political slant to your edits –– which is fine so long as you comport with our behavioral guidelines. For more on those, see especially WP:CIVIL and WP:TE. Note that I do not think you've crossed the line into TE, but you should be aware that it exists. If you have further questions I'd suggest taking them to WP:TEAHOUSE, which is a friendly forum for new editors. Happy editing, Generalrelative (talk) 18:35, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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