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Title: Recent Edits
Post by: Goober5000 on October 25, 2007, 11:45:54 pm

Guys, slooooooow down.  Use the Preview button before you submit anything.  Also, make sure you comment your edits.  The recent flood of zillions of uncommented edits is hard to moderate; and it's tedious wading through five comments in a row that should have been caught long before the page was submitted.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Snail on October 26, 2007, 07:20:03 am

I understand about the preview button, but sometimes I'm in a rush and forget to reread it, then read it a second later, realize it's wrong and have to re-edit it.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Mobius on October 26, 2007, 12:39:48 pm

Quote from: Snail on October 26, 2007, 07:20:03 am

I understand about the preview button, but sometimes I'm in a rush and forget to reread it, then read it a second later, realize it's wrong and have to re-edit it.

Same thing for me.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Goober5000 on October 26, 2007, 08:05:05 pm

Fair enough.  Can we try not to do it in the future?

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: jr2 on October 27, 2007, 03:03:19 am

:nervous:  I have pity on whoever is/was moderating the KJ's FAQ > Wiki that I'm doing.
/me runs, submitting 3 edits per second on the once in a blue moon that he works on KJ's FAQ.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Snail on October 27, 2007, 06:01:26 am

Quote from: Goober5000 on October 26, 2007, 08:05:05 pm

Fair enough.  Can we try not to do it in the future?

Yes, sir.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: TopAce on October 27, 2007, 07:46:14 am

Basically, if you make a zillion edits in a row, they are about the exact same thing. Adding name origins, correcting spelling mistakes (I will now start correcting "godess" to "goddess" in a few minutes). If you take a look at one of the edits, you will get an idea what the others are about.

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Wanderer on October 27, 2007, 09:16:37 am

Is there a need for a separate 'bot' account for making mass edits?

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Setting_user_rights_in_MediaWiki#bot

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Snail on October 27, 2007, 09:36:13 am

The latest of TopAce's edits was the replacement of Manuverability with Maneuverability. Good job. :yes:

Title: Re: Recent Edits
Post by: Goober5000 on October 27, 2007, 03:06:03 pm

Quote from: TopAce on October 27, 2007, 07:46:14 am

Basically, if you make a zillion edits in a row, they are about the exact same thing. Adding name origins, correcting spelling mistakes (I will now start correcting "godess" to "goddess" in a few minutes). If you take a look at one of the edits, you will get an idea what the others are about.

Okay, doing it that way is a good compromise.

What I'm concerned about are the people who never comment their edits at all, or forget to comment them.  (This occasionally includes me, so I'm not singling anyone out.)