User talk:TeaLoverHistoryGuy

Hello TeaLoverHistoryGuy, I'm Quaerens-veritatem . I noticed you just started editing Wikipedia in July and August. Welcome to Wikipedia editing. To help you along:

(1) Please take some time to familiarize yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Also the Manual of Style should be useful.

(2) Please provide a summary of every edit you make. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history. Summaries help other editors by (a) providing a reason for the edit, (b) saving the time to open up the edit to find out what it's all about, and (c) providing information about the edit on diff pages and lists of changes (such as page histories and watchlists).

Edit summary content is visible in:

• User contributions
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• Revision differences
• IRC channels
• Related changes
• New pages list
• Article editing history

Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit and a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

If the edit is minor, the "This is a minor edit" box can be checked. See, Help:Minor_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 may be flagged as minor edits.

Many who are ignorant of the Wikipedia policy on edit summaries fail to add them. Some ignore this basic brief task; however, failure seems arrogant and inconsiderate specially since summaries are so easy to add. According to Wikipedia's consensus policy, all edits should be explained —either by clear edit summaries, or by discussion on the associated talk page.

(3) If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk.

Welcome again, Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 08:10, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very kindly! TeaLoverHistoryGuy (talk) 21:41, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]