-----Original Message----- From: Timwi [mailto:timwi@gmx.net] Sent: 29 January 2004 18:07 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Cc: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: What is a minor change?
What regulars have come to think of as "minor" is what I would call
"trivial".
Timwi
That's very sensible. Can we have "minor edit" renamed "trivial edit" to make things clear ?
Theresa
Theresa wrote
That's very sensible. Can we have "minor edit" renamed "trivial edit" to
make things clear ?
Hmmm - how about 'maintenance edit'. I don't think maintenance is at all trivial - keep the flower beds weeded, and a good impression is made on visitors. I do consider a high proportion of my minor edits to fall in that category.
Charles
My rule of thumb is that a "minor edit" (by whatever name you choose to call it) is one to which no one could possibly object. Fixing a clear-cut spelling error would fall into this category (although I like to try to make sure it's not a spelling variant). Fixing a link may NOT fit into this category, unless I know for certain that the link I'm making is the one that was intended.
I still believe in being bold in editing. I'm just VERY careful about using "minor edit". Again, as far as I'm concerned, the feature is virtually useless.
-Rich Holton (a.k.a. Anthropos)
--- Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Theresa wrote
That's very sensible. Can we have "minor edit"
renamed "trivial edit" to make things clear ?
Hmmm - how about 'maintenance edit'. I don't think maintenance is at all trivial - keep the flower beds weeded, and a good impression is made on visitors. I do consider a high proportion of my minor edits to fall in that category.
Charles
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