User talk:TheKnowledge1814

The Knowledge

Don't leave forgettable, paranoid, condescending, and ultimately extraneous messages or comments on my page. Thanks.

Edit summaries and minor edits

Hello!

Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, your efforts are appreciated. There are 2 things that you could get into the habit of doing that would make your efforts here more appreciated. The first one would be to include an edit summary with every edit you make. It lets other users know what you did and it's also considered good Wiki-etiquette. The second one is to be careful which edits you mark as minor edits. Only supeficial edits (spelling, punctuation, etc.) that do not change the meaning of a sentence or add or remove text are considered minor edits. This particular edit you made removed a portion of text from the Mariah Carey article and you had marked it as minor when, in fact, it changed the meaning of that section of the article, so it can't be considered minor.
That's all I wanted to say. Thanks for listening.
Peace! SWik78 (talk) 18:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. SWik78 (talk) 16:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Please note that this is your second warning regarding incorrect "minor edit" usage. Thank you. SKS2K6 (talk) 04:04, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Edit Warring

Please stop edit warring on the Whitney Houston article. You will be blocked under WP:3RR. Vikrant 12:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Talk:E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)

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Mariah Carey singles discography‎

Please stop reverting this page. You are not adding any edit summary nor are you contributing to the Talk Page. Those sections are not needed as they are redundant, U.S.-centric and formatting improperly. Instead of reverting, please see the article Talk Page. Thanks. - eo (talk) 20:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not undo other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing in Mariah Carey singles discography, or you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. The three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the 3RR. Thank you. - eo (talk) 20:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The page is not over-simplified. The singles table is huge and includes many countries which clearly show her worldwide chart success. There is no reason to list the information a second or third time and there is no reason to separate specific countries. There are clearly formatting errors also. What are the specific reasons why Mariah Carey has extra, redundant sections? - eo (talk) 20:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm willing to accept this compromise for now but only until a consensus is reached about its inclusion. You're assuming people will be "overwhelmed" with the table, yet you say that removing the overview is "oversimplifying" the article. All of the necessary information is already there. - eo (talk) 20:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

We can agree to disagree here - let's leave it at Mariah Carey for now - and only Mariah Carey - at least until some other editors can express their views. OK? - eo (talk) 21:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I do see your reasoning and perhaps something else can be done with artists who have a HUGE amount of singles information. Still, I feel that the overview is redundant when displayed above the main table(s). I feel that something like an overview is more appropriate for the main Madonna article or the main Mariah Carey article, with a link to the discography page underneath, which would then lead the reader to the big table(s) if he or she wishes to see all the details. - eo (talk) 21:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Personally I don't have a big problem with that either - for example Britney Spears' page has a small section of "number-one hits" and then it shows only songs that hit number one on just a few charts, with a link to her discog page right there. Of course MCarey has 18 and Madonna has 12 in just the U.S. alone so I dont know how big these would be if including UK and AUS too. - eo (talk) 21:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I feel these are much more appropriate where they are now, thank you. Leave them as they are and see what the reaction is. If people raise a stink, cut them down to just the number-ones. - eo (talk) 21:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 19:27, 14 March 2011 (UTC)