[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Anons can no longer make minor edits

[Jimmy Wales]

Jonathan Walther wrote:
> I'm not sure you understand.  The M flag on Recent Changes is unreliable
> RIGHT NOW.  What is a minor fix to one person may be a major point of
> theology to the next person.  One persons raftload of spelling fixes may
> be minor to one person, but important to another.  Since the Minor flag
> is essentially meaningless, we wouldn't notice any difference if it just
> went away altogether.

The minor flag is not essentially meaningless.  It's not perfect, but
it's highly reliable, particularly for contributors of good will.

--Jimbo