User talk:MCTofCTL

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Happy editing! --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 22:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps most important is WP:CITE; edits must be given sources; edits that are unexplained (see below) and unsourced are very likely to be reverted.

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this: The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you.

Don't let the unexpected rules, guidelines, and policies put you off editing; it takes a little while to get to know everything that you need to, but it's worth it. --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 22:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)