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[[File:Minor edit.png|thumb|The minor edit checkbox.]]
[[File:Minor edit selection box in visual editor.png|thumb|If you're using the [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]], the minor edit checkbox looks like this.]]
When [[Help:Editing|editing]] a page, there is an option to mark the edit as a '''minor edit'''. This tells other readers and editors that you have made only superficial changes to the page and that it is not controversial. Examples of minor edits include fixing typos, correcting [[Help:Template|template]] usage, fixing formatting, and reverting [[Help:Vandalism|vandalism]]. A minor edit is marked with a bolded '''m''' in the [[Help:Page history|page history]] and on the [[Help:Diff|diff]] of the edit.
By contrast, a 'major
Only users who are [[Help:Logging in|logged in]] can mark their edits as minor. You cannot mark an edit as minor if you are [[Help:New page|creating a new page]].
==How
Below the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] field there is a checkbox that says '{{int:Minoredit}}'. Click on the checkbox before clicking '{{int:Savearticle}}' to mark the edit as a minor edit.
* Formatting that doesn't change the meaning of the page (e.g. bolding text, splitting one paragraph into two)▼
* Obvious factual errors (e.g. changing ''The Beatles' 1866 album'' to ''The Beatles' 1966 album'')▼
You can also use [[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|keyboard shortcuts]] to quickly check the checkbox. The access key for the minor edit checkbox is {{Key|{{int:Accesskey-minoredit}}}}. On Chrome and Firefox, the keyboard shortcut is usually {{Key|Alt}}-{{Key|Shift}}-{{Key|{{int:Accesskey-minoredit}}}}.
When filling in the edit summary box, pressing {{Key|Tab}}+{{Key|Space}} will also check the minor edit checkbox.
== Who can mark an edit as minor? ==▼
* Simple spelling, grammatical, and punctuational changes.
* Simple formatting changes, like capitalization or adding italics to book titles.
▲* Formatting that doesn't change the meaning of the page,
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* Correcting [[Help:Link|links]] on the page.
* [[Help:Reverting|Reverting]] or removing obvious [[Help:Vandalism|vandalism]].
==When ''not'' to mark an edit as minor==
== See also ==▼
* Adding or removing content.
* Adding or removing [[Help:
* Adding comments to a [[Help:Talk page|talk page]].
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It's generally bad taste to mark a major edit as minor. If you are ever in doubt about whether or not you should mark an edit as minor, it's probably best ''not'' to mark it as minor.
If you do accidentally mark an edit as minor, it's never a bad idea to make a second edit after that, such as a [[Help:Dummy edit|dummy edit]], and explain in your [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] what happened. Make sure that your second edit changes some content; simply opening the edit window and then saving will not work.
If you ever do get into a disagreement with another editor as to whether or not an edit should've been marked as minor, it is better to talk about it on the [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]. If an [[Project:Edit warring|edit war]] appears to be brewing, it's best not to mark any reverts as minor.
Marking an edit as minor doesn't mean that your changes were somehow less important than major edits. A minor edit just means that your changes were not controversial and that everyone could reasonably agree that they can be unquestioningly kept.
==Other scenarios==
[[Project:Administrator|Administrators]], [[Project:Content moderator|content moderators]] and [[Project:Rollback|rollbackers]] have an extra button called [[Help:Rollback|rollback]] that, when clicked, allows them to quickly revert all consecutive edits made by a user to the last edit not made by that user. This is usually done to revert vandalism. Rollbacks are always marked as a minor edit.
[[Help:Bot|Bots]] usually mark their edits as minor, since most bots engage in maintenance and not actual content creation.
* [[w:en:Help:Minor edit|Help:Minor edit]] on the English Wikipedia
* [[metawikimedia:Help:Minor edit|Help:Minor edit]] on Meta Wikimedia
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