Wikipedia talk:Minor edit

message: Are multiple consecutive minor edits coalesced in the revision history, even if made by different people?  If not, then I've been mistakenly given credit for link-twiddling done on 100th meridian west...  --Tardis 06:31, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Err... the revision histories seem to just be whacked at the moment.  I'm no longer responsible for Livajo's work, and my question's been answered.  --Tardis 08:24, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coalescing? 

message: Should adding/deleting/modifying a category on an article be marked as minor ? This project page does not mention categories. -- Ze miguel 12:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My opinion: adding non-controversial categories to a page that has none, minor. Changing a category to make it more specific, minor. Removing or adding controversial categories, major. I would say, when in doubt, don't mark minor. pfctdayelise 13:24, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: Anyone else find that many people marking all their edits as minor by default in Special:Preferences have a misguided understanding of what in fact constitutes a minor edit? I'm seriously questioning the usefulness of this option. pfctdayelise 13:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abusing automatic marking as minor edit 

message: When I use the template  to designate other people's comments, should I mark it as a minor edit? -- King of Hearts | (talk) 01:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say no. I tend to mark edits as minor when I feel the changes are not major enough for other editors to take notice (such as small corrections). — TheKMantalk 19:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signing for other users with [[Template:Unsigned]] 

message: I know this has to have been addressed somewhere, but I can't find it.  I see that all admin rollbacks are marked minor.  But as a non-admin, should I mark vandalism reverts as minor?  Thanks.  --Allen 16:23, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If it's a case of taking the "George Bush is a nazi poopie head" out of the article, then I always do.  I'm just returning the article to how people should recognise it, nothing new to see, just dealing with kids.  If it's something like a breach of WP:3RR over a disputed page, where both sides consider the other one to be vandalizing the page, then I would say not.  A fair measuring stick could even be to say...if the person who edited it feels strongly about the subject, no matter how POV, it's not minor.  If it's random vandalism like inserting cursewords, changing around dates or similar, then I would say it's minor.  Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 07:03, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  non-admins reverting vandalism: minor? 

message: I was just wandering if putting a edit down as a minor edit is required, because I have made nearly 600 edits and need to know if I need to start doing that? The Eye of Timaeus 23:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's never required. It's possible to set Recent Changes to hide minor edits -- I have -- and if a change is marked as  "minor"  people who've done that  won't rush over only to find that the change is just a typo correction. Frankly, I think using the edit summary box works  just as well. It's a courtesy, though.--♥ «Charles A. L.» 17:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requirement? 

message: What is the position on adding tags to articles, such as: 'stub-statistics' or 'cleanup' (in the curly brackets)? Hynca-Hooley 12:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding tags 

message: The definition I've always had in mind of a minor edit would be something like "An edit which no one would ever consider reverting". That is, an edit so uncontroversial that it's not even worth people's time or effort looking at it. The current definition on this page "An edit that most people would consider to be minor" is a bit too circular and not helpful.
If anyone agrees with my proposed definition, please implement it. Stevage 12:06, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New definition?