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help minor edit wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 how to mark an edit as minor 2 what to mark as minor changes 3 what not to mark as minor changes 4 things to remember 5 exceptions 6 see also 7 notes toggle the table of contents help minor edit 52 languages العربية অসমীয়া azərbaycanca تۆرکجه беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская български বাংলা català нохчийн čeština dansk deutsch español eesti فارسی français עברית hrvatski magyar bahasa indonesia íslenska italiano 日本語 ქართული қазақша 한국어 latviešu македонски malti nederlands norsk bokmål português română русский سنڌي srpskohrvatski српскохрватски simple english slovenčina slovenščina српски srpski svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు ไทย türkçe українська اردو oʻzbekcha ўзбекча tiếng việt 粵語 中文 edit links help page talk english read view source view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read view source view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikiquote wiktionary wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia an edit that makes a superficial difference wp minor redirects here not to be confused with wikipedia minors and persons judged incompetent wikipedia child protection wikipedia guidance for younger editors or wikipedia minority opinions wikipedia me redirects here for other uses see wikipedia me disambiguation wikipedia information page this is an information page it is not a wikipedia policy or guideline rather its purpose is to explain certain aspects of wikipedia s norms or practices it may reflect varying levels of consensus shortcuts wp minor wp minor wp me wp me this page in a nutshell checking the minor edit box is only for superficial changes that are unlikely to be disputed such as typographical corrections any edit that alters the meaning of an article even slightly is not minor this page is referenced in the wikipedia glossary the minor edit selection box in the visual editor save form a check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions examples include typographical corrections corrections of minor formatting errors and reversion of obvious vandalism a minor edit requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute an edit of this kind is marked in its page s revision history with a lowercase bolded m character m by contrast all concerned editors should review a major edit for its acceptability any change affecting an article s meaning is not minor even if it only concerns a single word because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes the distinction between major and minor edits is significant logged in users can set their preferences not to display minor edits if there is any chance that another editor might dispute a change the edit should not be marked as minor if an editor considers a change to be minor yet conceivably controversial one option is to include the word minor in the edit summary without ticking the minor edit box users who are not logged in to wikipedia or are in mobile mode are not enabled to mark changes as minor because of the potential for vandalism a the ability to mark changes as minor is among the many reasons to create and use an account on wikipedia to edit a good rule of thumb is that only edits consisting solely of spelling corrections formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of the content or contextual meaning may be flagged as minor edits it s acceptable to never mark a single edit as minor if other editors complain about your use of the minor edit flag then it s likely a good idea to stop using it how to mark an edit as minor below the edit summary field in the desktop version of the editor there is a checkbox that says this is a minor edit most browsers support access keys keyboard shortcuts the access key for the minor edit checkbox is i you can mark and save an edit quickly by using the access keys for minor edit i and save s when filling in the edit summary you may also press tab space to check the minor edit box quickly what to mark as minor changes shortcut wp yesminor wp yesminor spelling grammatical and punctuation corrections for example condoleeza rice condoleeza rice to condoleezza rice or obvious typos grye colour to grey colour simple formatting e g capitalization or properly adding italics to non english words like folie des grandeurs or titles of certain works like the adventures of tom sawyer including typographical corrections formatting that does not change the meaning of the page e g moving a picture splitting one paragraph into two where this is not contentious fixing layout errors adding or correcting wikilinks or fixing broken external links and references already present in the article removing obvious vandalism what not to mark as minor changes shortcut wp notminor wp notminor adding or removing content in an article adding or removing visible maintenance or other templates in an article adding or removing references citations external links or categories in an article adding comments to a talk page or other discussion things to remember marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette because it implies that an edit that some other editors might want to review need not be reviewed this is especially true if the change involves the deletion of some text consequently if you are in doubt about whether an edit is minor or not it is always safer not to mark the edit as minor i e leave the corresponding checkbox unchecked reverting a substantive edit is not likely to be considered minor under most circumstances if the status of a page is disputed particularly if an edit war may be imminent then it is better not to mark any edit as minor reverting blatant vandalism or an obvious typographical error is an exception to this rule if you accidentally mark a major edit as minor you should make a second edit or dummy edit to supplement your first edit simply note in the edit summary of your second edit that the previous edit was major don t mark the edit as minor and save your change when saved your dummy edit will be logged as a revision change in the page s edit history and listed immediately above your original edit just opening the edit box and saving i e changing nothing will not work nor will appending a space or a blank line to the end of the page in these cases the edit is canceled and the edit summary discarded instead insert a space to the end of a line anywhere else in the wikitext a revision will be recorded with the new edit summary but will not change the page s appearance when rendered it may be worth communicating any disagreement about what is minor via talk or a message to the contributor being careful to avoid a flame war there is a grey area and many contributors will appreciate feedback on whether they have got it right marking your change as minor affects how it displays in some editors watchlists if for example you mark your talk page comments as minor then fewer editors are likely to notice your comment the designation of a change as minor or major is not a reflection of how much work went into making the change for instance even if you spent several hours finding and resolving problems with the formatting of references the change would still be called minor editors should not feel that marking a change as minor devalues their effort the use of this feature is optional exceptions administrators and rollbackers 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 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 moving or protecting a page appear as minor edits in a page s history why in addition to being recorded in the move and protection logs respectively wikidata edits are always marked as minor on wikipedia for users that choose to display them in their watchlist recent changes additionally bot accounts usually mark their edits as minor in addition to the bot flag see also help editing how to edit a page help dummy edit an edit to the wikitext that doesn t change the rendered page help null edit an edit that changes nothing at all help related changes list related changes uw minor user warning for improper use of the minor edit box notes minor edits were disabled for logged out users 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