Hi,
On 08/21/2012 03:32 PM, Tom Chance wrote:
Out of interest, which part of the mechanical edit policy did this
contributor not comply with? As he notes in that forum thread, he
thought he had followed it to the letter.
I don't have an iron-clad rule here but I think it is something like:
"If lots of people complain after you made your edit because they didn't
see it coming, then you have chosen the wrong venue for your discussion."
This may sound a bit harsh at first because rather than providing lots
of checkboxes for you to tick, it requires that you have a feel for
what's going to happen and what the reaction is going to be. But then
again, that's *exactly* what this is about! If you do something that
upsets lots of people then you have done it wrong, no matter how many
policies you have followed to the letter; the very reason we need to
apply caution with automated edits is that they have the potential to
upset lots of people.
Bye
Frederik
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