User talk:PLMalaysia

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Happy editing! RFD (talk) 14:24, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

How to request edits
I saw your note on User talk:Materialscientist asking to have a page un-protected. I'm not an admin so I can't make that call and even if I was one, I wouldn't do it without checking with the administrator who protected it if that admin was still active on Wikipedia.

If you can't edit a page because it is protected or you are not allowed to because you have a conflict of interest, you can still ask others to edit for you, using specific templates designed for that purpose.

First, read WP:Conflict of interest. If this applies to the page you want to edit, use the requested edit template on the TALK page of the article. Do this even on pages that are not protected.

If there is no conflict of interest and the page is protected, use edit fully-protected, edit extended-protected, or edit semi-protected on the TALK page depending on the level of protection. You can tell the page protection level by hovering your mouse over the "lock" button at the top of the article page.

In either case, be very specific in your request: Say what the existing text is, say what the new text should be, and say why it should be changed. If you are adding something with "wiki-code" in it such as a reference, surround both the existing text with and < /nowiki > so the "raw" wiki-code is visible in your request.

Example 1, no wikicode:

Change the line in the "history" section which says

In 1491, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe, landing in what would later be called the West Indies

to

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe, landing in what would later be called the West Indies

because the existing references say it is 1492, not 1491.

End of example 1

Example 2, with Wikicode ("edit" this section to see the "nowiki" markup):

Change the line in the "history" section which says

In 1491, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe, landing in what would later be called the West Indies

to

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe, landing in what would later be called the West Indies

because on page 3, the book says Columbus landed in "1492," I checked.

End of example 2

I hope this helps. Note: The example and book are made up. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  15:11, 31 October 2020 (UTC)