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Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 11:37, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 moved to draftspace
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Goldbelly
Hi, hello. Thanks for the edit on Goldbelly. The article is a gazillion times better than it was. I just edited it to address issues with sourcing and content, all of which are noted in my edit summary. You might want to give the guidance on sourcing a read -- user generated content (Trustpilot) and articles written by contributors (notably on Forbes) are not reliable. The article was terrible before your edit! Thanks again. JSFarman (talk) 16:41, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you! I randomly came across it. I am a little new at this; will go through the guidance on sourcing Ar1201u1 (talk) 18:27, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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CopyleftEverything (talk) 18:38, 12 June 2026 (UTC)June 2026
Hi Ar1201u1! I noticed that you recently made an edit at Lawrence A. Fernsworth and marked it as "minor", but it may not have been. On Wikipedia, "minor edit" refers only to superficial edits that could never be disputed, such as fixing typos or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Nat Gertler (talk) 11:17, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Nat,
- I removed the redundant part (title of each of the 6 articles he wrote for Foreign Affairs), everything else is a cosmetic change. I am relatively a newbie, thanks for pointing me to the minor edit, I will keep that in mind. I didn't change the meaning anywhere, please let me know if there is something specific that changes the meaning or impression of a sentence and I will be happy to learn from that Ar1201u1 (talk) 18:16, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
- Moving an entire sentence between sections will almost never be a "minor" change for this purpose; it's a viable question of that information belongs in the introduction, particularly if it was not included in the body of the article, as the introduction is foremost a summary of the body.
- As for not changing the meaning anywhere, you did add that he wrote extensively on a topic, a subjective claim.
- Hope that helps! -- Nat Gertler (talk) 19:02, 29 June 2026 (UTC)