User talk:Novicescientist

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Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 21:38, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Gram-positive vs. gram-positive
Hi there Novicescientist, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad to see another editor who appears to be interested in microbiology; there are far too few of us here. I noticed that your edits to Gram-positive bacteria replacing "gram-positive" with "Gram-positive" were recently undone by another editor. Both uppercase and lowercase are commonly used in scientific publications, and are totally valid. Over this site's lifetime, you would not believe how many hours have been spent by editors arguing about equally valid stylistic choices -- it's truly hours beyond counting. To try to reduce this wasted time, we tend not to allow edits that change text from one acceptable style to another (with, confusingly enough, many exceptions that are mostly documented at Manual of Style). The Gram/gram situation is somewhat clunkily described at Gram_stain, in case you're curious. Anyway, I hope you don't find that too discouraging. Everyone encounters some barriers at the beginning of their Wikicareer. It's just the norm when joining such a sprawling project. If there's anyway I can help you get acclimated to the place, please let me know. Also you can always ask for assistance at WP:TEAHOUSE. If you're ever looking for something that needs doing, feel free to ask me here, or to post at WT:MICRO where other microbiology-interested editors are sometimes lurking. Again, welcome. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 21:38, 5 November 2021 (UTC)