User talk:WordBounce

Welcome to Wikipedia[edit]

Welcome!

Hello, WordBounce, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:32, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Burke and Hare murders article[edit]

Hello and thank you for clarifying some of the information in the Burke and Hare murders article. I was the person who added those tags. I noticed that you marked them as minor edits and wanted to give you a heads up about that. Multiple edits and those changing the meaning of any of the content (i.e. changing "but then Burke broke his back and sold both bodies" to "but both bodies were ultimately sold") are not minor edits. I used to do the same thing when I joined in August and was semi-tersely corrected by another Wikipedian. I ended up unchecking the "Mark all edits minor by default" box in my Editing Preferences and now make almost all edits as major edits. I figure if it's actually considered a minor edit, the recent changes watchers can just disregard it. If you have any questions about editing or anything else related to Wikipedia, feel free to drop a note on my talk page. This is a difficult community to figure out in certain ways. Best regards, momoricks ^talk 02:36, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I hope this answers your question. Sometimes electronic communication isn't very clear. :) When you edit a page, there is a box above the "Save page" button that says "This is a minor edit (what's this?)." If it's checked, your edits will show up in the history of the page as "minor." The changing of your editing Preferences that I mentioned above keeps that box always unchecked, so you have to physically select it to mark edits as minor. To do this, select "My Preferences" at the top of the page, then select "editing" and make sure the box next to "Mark all edits minor by default" is not checked. Clear as mud? momoricks ^talk 06:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome. Happy editing! momoricks ^talk 08:23, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]