Comment on YSK that editing Wikipedia is easier than it looks (and where to start)
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
All that work to be reverted 5 seconds later by a random guy that took control of the page. Good luck anyway.
Comment on YSK that editing Wikipedia is easier than it looks (and where to start)
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
All that work to be reverted 5 seconds later by a random guy that took control of the page. Good luck anyway.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
There’s fortunately no such thing as control of the page. Like I explained above, reversion is considered a normal but uncommon part of the editing process. It’s especially common for new editors to have their initial edit reverted on policy/guideline grounds but then have a modified version of the edit let through with no issue. In order not to not bite newcomers, experienced editors will often bite the bullet and take the time to fix policy/guideline violations themselves while telling the newcomer what they did wrong.
If you go to discuss the reversion with the other editor on the talk page and it becomes clear this isn’t about policy or guideline violations (or they’re couching it in policy/guidelines through wikilawyering nonsense) but instead that they think they’re king shit of fuck mountain and own the article, ask an administrator. Administrators hate that shit.