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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 edit' is one that changes the context of the page significantly, or could be controversial and of interest to other editors. For example, adding or removing an entire paragraph is not a minor edit, but so is adding or removing the word 'not', since adding or removing that word can change the meaning of an entire sentence or page.
A check to the '''minor edit''' box is intended to signify that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous version: typo fixes, formatting, or otherwise rearranging text without changing content. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute.
 
Whether or not an edit is marked as minor can be significant. Editors may choose to ignore edits that have been marked as minor in [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]] or their [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]]. If an edit could potentially be considered by someone else to be controversial, it should probably not be marked as minor. A good rule of thumb is that edits consisting ''only'' of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modifying them should be marked as minor.
By contrast, a major edit is a version that should be reviewed by other editors to ensure that everyone agrees on the change. Therefore, any change that affects the ''meaning'' of an article is not minor, even if the edit is a single word.
 
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]].
The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing [[Help:recent changes|recent changes]]; logged-in users might even set their preferences to not display them. If you think there is any chance that another editor might dispute your change, please do not mark it as minor.
 
==WhenHow should Ito mark an edit as minor?==▼
An edit marked as minor is signified with a bolded "m" character ('''m''') in the [[Help:Page history|page history]].
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.
 
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 should I mark an edit as minor?==
* Spelling corrections
* Simple formatting (capitalisation, et cetera)
* Formatting that doesn't change the meaning of the page (e.g. bolding text, splitting one paragraph into two)▼
* Obvious factual errors (changing ''1873'' to ''1973'', where the event in question clearly took place in 1973)
* Fixing layout errors
* Adding and correcting wiki links or categories
* Removing [[Help:vandalism|vandalism]] and graffiti
 
When filling in the edit summary box, pressing {{Key|Tab}}+{{Key|Space}} will also check the minor edit checkbox.
===Things to remember===▼
* Any change to the source text ([[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]]), even if it does not affect the presentation of the page in [[Help:HTML|HTML]] (if it involves adding a space or a line break, for example) will still be treated as a change according to the database.
* Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text.
* [[Help:Reverting|Reverting]] a page is not likely to be considered minor under most circumstances. When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it is better not to mark ''any'' edit as minor. Reverting blatant vandalism is an exception to this rule.
 
==WhoWhen canto mark an edit as minor?==
* Simple spelling, grammatical, and punctuational changes.
Users who are not [[Help:Log in problems|logged into]] {{SITENAME}} are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is [[Help:Why_create_an_account%3F|another reason to register]].
* Simple formatting changes, like capitalization or adding italics to book titles.
▲* Formatting that doesn't change the meaning of the page, (e.g.like boldingmoving text,an splittingimage oneto paragrapha intodifferent two)part of the page where it makes more sense.
* Fixing obvious factual errors (e.g. changing "The sky is green" to "The sky is blue").
* Correcting [[Help:Link|links]] on the page.
* [[Help:Reverting|Reverting]] or removing obvious [[Help:Vandalism|vandalism]].
 
==When ''not'' to mark an edit as minor==
An administrator, or a user with rollback rights (see [[Help:User access levels]]) can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such "rollback" reversions are marked as minor by the wiki software. This is because the ''cumulative'' effect of the edits and the rollback is nothing.
* Adding or removing content.
* Adding or removing [[Help:Cite|references]].
* Adding comments to a [[Help:Talk page|talk page]].
 
▲===Things to remember===
The intended use of the rollback feature is for cases of vandalism, where the act of reverting any vandalism should be considered minor (and can be ignored in the recent changes list). This has the undesirable effect that if preferences have been set to hide minor edits, and an undesirable edit has not been marked minor, one sees that, but not a possible semi-automatic reversion, in Recent Changes and Enhanced Recent Changes.
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.
==See also==▼
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Minor_edit Minor edit at Meta]
 
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.
[[Category:Help|Minor edits]]
 
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.
 
▲==See also==
* [[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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