User talk:72.200.71.7

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Thanks. -- Sulfur (Talk) 2011-05-28T01:32:48


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Multiple Edits
Please make use of the Preview button when making edits. This allows you to see what your edit looks like before you save it, which reduces the load on the database and makes the Recent Changes page easier to read. Thanks.--31dot 01:48, September 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have been, but I was editing section-by-section, not the whole article at once. --72.200.71.7 01:58, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

I will lift the block since you responded, but if you are going to make an extensive change or a series of changes to an article it would be best to edit the entire article at once, for the reasons given above.--31dot 02:02, September 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * I see. It's always been a habit of mine to go section-by-section, since I once edited a Wikipedia article that featured extensive changes and had the whole thing reverted due to some minor inaccuracy (that I was in the process of correcting, very frustrating). The admin there suggested going section-by-section to avoid having the entire thing reverted. But I guess what works for Wikipedia doesn't always work for MA... --72.200.71.7 02:05, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

Most of the users here will not revert an entire edit unless the entire edit is the problem. That's what I would do, anyway- and if the intent of the edit is a good-faith one most people here will as well. As a tip, we have an inuse template which you can put in the article before you make a series of changes to it, which will indicate to other users that the article should not be judged and edited until the template is removed(when you are finished) It can be put in the article by typing. This is just a tip and is by no means mandatory.--31dot 02:15, September 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll try to take your suggestions to heart :) --72.200.71.7 07:29, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

DS9 edit
In case you didn't see the edit summary, I reverted your edit to the DS9 page only because we put only the most recent known information in sidebars(such as ownership of the station) to avoid crowding them with too much information. There was nothing wrong with the information itself and I didn't want you to think what you did was bad.--31dot 02:07, September 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I did see the edit summary, and it makes sense. Just wasn't aware of the policy. No worries. --72.200.71.7 00:28, September 7, 2011 (UTC)