> From: MightyChimp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I did some edits to the "floppy" and vinyl records pages. >How will I know if someone is complaining?
You have already had a response. Somebody did not like what you did. They have undone a lot of your editing already. Look at the 'floppy' page again and you will see it has changed. You can see what each editor has done by selecting the option at the top of the page labelled 'Page history'. Then select the 'last' option for any person. That will identify the changes that they made. I am not surprised your edits were reversed. But do not be downhearted about it. Here are some tips to be more successful: 1. When you edit a page, always fill in the 'Edit summary' at the bottom. It helps people build trust in you as an editor. People suspect edits that are made without a summary. 2. Spend 30 seconds registering a username for yourself. People are more suspicious of anonymous users. Some are simply vandals that add swearwords etc. 3. Learn from your successes and failures. Uncontroversial edits often go unchallenged and unchecked. So start with the simple stuff that few people would object to (e.g. adding a metric unit next to a non-metric unit). You will then be left mostly unsupervised. 4. Building a positive reputation is worthwhile. Controversial edits (e.g. renaming a "3.5 inch" floppy a "90 mm" floppy) might be acceptable to metric enthusiasts like me, but in the Wikipedia community you could find each of your edits being checked very closely.
