User talk:Вasil/Archives/2007/January

Minor

Please remember to mark your edits as minor when (and only when) they genuinely are minor edits (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'. Thanks! --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

That's very peculiar; I must somehow have mixed you up with someone else (which means that someone who used a m when it wasn't has received an odd message from me...). Looking at your contribs, though:

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.

--Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree that on your own User page it's not essential, but it's a good habit to get into (in fact, I'd say it's best to turn on the feature that prompts you for an edit summary). Once it does become a habit, adding a brief summary ("fmt" in many cases) takes no time, and doesn't feel like a chore. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Helpme request

I need to modify a template I created but which is linked to many pages. How can I both modify the template AND test results using sandboxes to test so that I don't hose up any live pages? Pepto gecko 15:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Normally, you can copy the code of a template into a sandbox to test. There are several template sandboxes on Wikipedia; {{X1}} through {{X9}} are all templates which are also sandboxes. So you can copy your new code into one of those, and then test it in the main sandbox by using the name X1 (or whichever sandbox you used) instead of the current name of the template. You can also use user subpages as sandboxes in much the same manner. Hope that helps! --ais523 15:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)