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It's dot com: add parenthesis

It's dot com — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:16:05 GMT

add parenthesis

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	: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)		: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
-	::That's right. I made a dummy edit {{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help_talk:Editing&diff=790907&oldid=790903 here}} (I changed a double space in the wikitext to a single space, which are both rendered as a single space on the displayed page. The dummy edit section is a little confusing because the first paragraph is not describing a dummy edit—it's describing ''no'' edit. — [[User:It's dot com\|It's dot com]] 01:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)	+	::That's right. I made a dummy edit {{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help_talk:Editing&diff=790907&oldid=790903 here}} (I changed a double space in the wikitext to a single space, which are both rendered as a single space on the displayed page). The dummy edit section is a little confusing because the first paragraph is not describing a dummy edit—it's describing ''no'' edit. — [[User:It's dot com\|It's dot com]] 01:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

It's dot com: /* Dummy edit clarification */ reply

It's dot com — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:15:42 GMT

Dummy edit clarification: reply

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	: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)		: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	::That's right. I made a dummy edit {{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help_talk:Editing&diff=790907&oldid=790903 here}} (I changed a double space in the wikitext to a single space, which are both rendered as a single space on the displayed page. The dummy edit section is a little confusing because the first paragraph is not describing a dummy edit—it's describing ''no'' edit. — [[User:It's dot com\|It's dot com]] 01:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

It's dot com: /* Dummy edit clarification */ this is a dummy edit

It's dot com — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:08:50 GMT

Dummy edit clarification: this is a dummy edit

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	:It’s confusingly worded, indeed, but I think it means:		:It’s confusingly worded, indeed, but I think it means:
	:*”real edit”: change to the visible displayed page		:*”real edit”: change to the visible displayed page
-	:*”dummy” edit: no change to the displayed page, but change to some non displayed wiki text (ex. White space). Edit summary allowed.	+	:*”dummy” edit: no change to the displayed page, but change to some non displayed wiki text (ex. White space). Edit summary allowed.
	:*No changes at all: everything discarded including edit summary		:*No changes at all: everything discarded including edit summary
	: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)		: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

50.234.189.37: /* Dummy edit clarification */

50.234.189.37 — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:51:54 GMT

Dummy edit clarification

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	I'm confused how a dummy edit both "discards" and "allows" an edit summary when there are no content changes to the page. Which is it? [[User:Unitof\|Sincerely always, unitof]] 21:25, 17 April 2020 (UTC)		I'm confused how a dummy edit both "discards" and "allows" an edit summary when there are no content changes to the page. Which is it? [[User:Unitof\|Sincerely always, unitof]] 21:25, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	:It’s confusingly worded, indeed, but I think it means:
		+	:*”real edit”: change to the visible displayed page
		+	:*”dummy” edit: no change to the displayed page, but change to some non displayed wiki text (ex. White space). Edit summary allowed.
		+	:*No changes at all: everything discarded including edit summary
		+	: someone with more info, feel free to correct me. -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37\|50.234.189.37]] 21:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Unitof: /* Dummy edit clarification */ Forgot to sign

Unitof — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:25:26 GMT

Dummy edit clarification: Forgot to sign

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	== Dummy edit clarification ==		== Dummy edit clarification ==

-	I'm confused how a dummy edit both "discards" and "allows" an edit summary when there are no content changes to the page. Which is it?	+	I'm confused how a dummy edit both "discards" and "allows" an edit summary when there are no content changes to the page. Which is it? [[User:Unitof\|Sincerely always, unitof]] 21:25, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Unitof: /**/Dummy edit clarification

Unitof — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:24:43 GMT

: Dummy edit clarification

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	</div></pre>		</div></pre>
	--{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 20:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)		--{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 20:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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		+	== Dummy edit clarification ==
		+
		+	I'm confused how a dummy edit both "discards" and "allows" an edit summary when there are no content changes to the page. Which is it?

Purple Wrench: Forgot to sign.

Purple Wrench — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:40:09 GMT

Forgot to sign.

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	</div></pre>		</div></pre>
		+	--{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 20:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Purple Wrench: /**/"Borders"

Purple Wrench — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:39:44 GMT

: "Borders"

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	:<span title="In other words, who really pays attention to that distinction? I sure don't.">Major edits are anything that change actual content, and so reversions would fall in that category, unless they're reverting those who vandalize, whose edits were made in bad faith to begin with, so the sum of the edit and the revert is nothing and thus minor. Minor edits are major except when I remember to check that little box. All of [[Special:Contributions/Tom\|Tom's edits]], major and minor, are minor, for reasons never fully explained to me. Hope that helps.</span> — [[User:It's dot com\|It's dot com]] 05:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)		:<span title="In other words, who really pays attention to that distinction? I sure don't.">Major edits are anything that change actual content, and so reversions would fall in that category, unless they're reverting those who vandalize, whose edits were made in bad faith to begin with, so the sum of the edit and the revert is nothing and thus minor. Minor edits are major except when I remember to check that little box. All of [[Special:Contributions/Tom\|Tom's edits]], major and minor, are minor, for reasons never fully explained to me. Hope that helps.</span> — [[User:It's dot com\|It's dot com]] 05:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
	::It does, but I still feel more explanation should be given on the help page. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 17:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)		::It does, but I still feel more explanation should be given on the help page. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 17:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
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		+	== "Borders" ==
		+
		+	I saw a "glitch" that [[User:The thing\|The thing]] came across in an old edit, and I wondered if a more structured use of the code could be allowed. So is the following code allowed on a userpage? (Note: if you test this out, you must put it at the VERY BOTTOM of the code)
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		+	<pre>
		+	<div style="position:fixed; width=2000; height=10; right:20%; bottom:-5%; overflow:visible;">
		+	http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/c/c4/qod_4_-_bubs.PNG
		+	</div>
		+	<div style="position:fixed; width=2000; height=10; left:20%; bottom:-5%; overflow:visible;">
		+	http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/c/c4/qod_4_-_bubs.PNG
		+	</div></pre>

It's dot com: formatting to match others

It's dot com — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:09:07 GMT

formatting to match others

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	\|}		\|}
	{{User:phlip/sig}} 02:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)		{{User:phlip/sig}} 02:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
-	{{compeemail}}	+	{\|
		+	\|-
		+	\| {{compeemail}}
	email text<br />		email text<br />
	Second line		Second line
	{{compeemailend}}		{{compeemailend}}
-	<pre><nowiki>{{compeemail}}	+	\| <pre><nowiki>{{compeemail}}
	email text <br />		email text <br />
	Second line</nowiki><br>		Second line</nowiki><br>
	{{compeemailend}}</pre>		{{compeemailend}}</pre>
		+	\|}
	--[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc\|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]] 14:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)		--[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc\|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]] 14:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Gfdgsgxgzgdrc at 14:25, 30 April 2010

Gfdgsgxgzgdrc — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:25:06 GMT

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	\|}		\|}
	{{User:phlip/sig}} 02:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)		{{User:phlip/sig}} 02:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
		+	{{compeemail}}
		+	email text<br />
		+	Second line
		+	{{compeemailend}}
		+	<pre><nowiki>{{compeemail}}
		+	email text <br />
		+	Second line</nowiki><br>
		+	{{compeemailend}}</pre>
		+	--[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc\|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]] 14:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

	== Quite sunny, actually ==		== Quite sunny, actually ==