Help:Minor edit: Difference between revisions

An edit marked as minor is signified with a bolded "m" character ('''m''') in the [[Help:Page history|page history]]. Minor edits will also appear with the same bolded "m" in [[:Special:RecentChanges]].

 

* Spelling corrections

* Simple formatting or grammar correction (capitalisation, et cetera)

* Removing vandalism and graffiti

 

* 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.

 

Users who are not [[Help:Logging In|logged into]] Fandom are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is [[Help:Create an account|another reason to register]].

 

An administrator or a user with [[Help:Rollback|rollback]] rights can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such "[[Help:Reverting|rollback]]" reversions are marked as minor by the software. This is because the ''cumulative'' effect of the edits and the rollback is zero changes. 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).

 

* [[Help:Editing]]

* [[Help:Recent changes]]