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Michael Turley wrote:
I've actually had some luck with this. If
someone makes an edit
that doesn't hurt anything, but doesn't add anything either, I
simply revert with the edit summary "rv: not an improvement".
This seems to send a message to people that edits need to be
constructive and have a plan behind them. Just moving stuff
around isn't good for the Wiki, and a solitary edit like this
could seem to have no effect, but in the aggregate they can make
for a ridiculously disorganized article that is not at all a
pleasure to read.
If you're going to be that brusque, you should accompany your
reversion with a comment on a talk page (article or editor) to tell
them where you see the problem with their edits. "rv: not an
improvement, see [[article:talk]]" is much better. This way, it's
constructive rather than just blunt.
If you want to do that, you are welcome to. My intention was to give
him an idea on how to deal with this problem, not to lecture him on
manners.
- - Ryan
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