View source for Help:Minor edits

== Specific cases ==
*Any change to the source wiki text, even if it does not affect the presentation of the page in HTML (if it involves adding a space or a line break, for example) will still be treated as a change according to the database.
*Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text.
*Reversions of pages are not likely to be considered minor edits under most circumstances.  When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it's better not to mark ''any'' edit as minor.
*A user's [[Help:watchlist|watchlist]] will only list the most recent change made to a page, even if that edit was minor.  Therefore, a minor change will supersede a major one in the watchlist.  This is because a user who keeps a watchlist is generally interested in ''all'' changes made to a page.  If you are uncertain about the changes made to a page, check the [[Help:page history|page history]] to double-check.
*If you ''accidentally'' mark an edit as minor when it was in fact a major edit, you should make a second, "dummy" edit (where you don't actually change anything), but note that "the previous edit was major" in the [[Help:edit summary|edit summary]].