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Happy editing! Cheers, JarrahTree 08:23, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

Hi The editing spirit! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 07:51, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Alex, thank you for your notice, this is the first time for me to edit Wikipedia. I just want to fix the details of some articles, such as punctuation, typos, wordy sentences, capital letters, etc. I don't know if that was more than minor editing. I do apologize about it, what should I do later? Please give me any suggestions. The editing spirit (talk) 08:02, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Check out the welcome message links above - they might help you with your questions... if they dont, you can always ask for help! JarrahTree 08:25, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

January 2024

Hello, I'm I2n2z. An edit that you recently made to Krupuk seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! i2n2z 13:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, good evening. I'm not learning to edit, but trying to work with a new device. I've done quite a bit of editing on Wikipedia, but this is a little different. I apologize if the edits are problematic, I will fix them soon. Thank you. The editing spirit (talk) 16:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

sustaining the usage of...

The work 'duke' in relation to Indonesian - Javanese culture is open to question, even the word of 'king' at times, just a FYI rather than an assertion of any particular case: it is one thing to be able to fix the grammar and spelling, but great care must be taken to not replicate mis-usage of terms that really don't fit. A bit like the over-usage of javanese script in lead sentences and info boxes - there is never a need to have both... Very general with no examples, I thought it might be worth the mention JarrahTree 00:33, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Classic example of both issues: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakualaman

There is no functional reason for the application of javanese text in the lead and info box.

There is very little evidence of the predominance of the usage of 'duchy' in the historically available material about Pakualaman - where Javanese terminology has been mistranslated.

Your edits where you add the name again inside a link -Yogyakarta Sultanate, - is unnecessary and strange, the link is there, you can add the comma if you so wish, outside the box... As this is english wikipedia, there may well be a lot of differences from the Indonesian wikipedia, but that is the way things have happened... JarrahTree 00:46, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Strange edits - inserting errors

Hi @The editing spirit - I note that several of your edits on various pages have inserted errors into articles. For example:

• On The Jakarta Post page, you changed the name of The Indonesia Times newspaper (correct name) to The Indonesian Times (incorrect name). Can you please explain why you made this change?
• On the page of Endy Bayuni, you changed "he was ordered to leave England for working without permission" to "he was ordered to leave England to work without permission". This change makes no sense and renders the sentence misleading.
• On the page of Andi Muhammad Ghalib, you changed the word "as" to "is" - rendering a sentence incorrect. Specifically, you changed this: "On 15 June 1998, Indonesia's new President B. J. Habibie fired Indonesia's Suharto-era Attorney General, Sujono Atmonegoro, and appointed Maj. Gen. Andi Muhammad Ghalib as the country's new Attorney General." to this: "On 15 June 1998, Indonesia's new President B. J. Habibie fired Indonesia's Suharto-era Attorney General, Sujono Atmonegoro, and appointed Maj. Gen. Andi Muhammad Ghalib is the country's new Attorney General."

I notice you have inserted several other errors on other pages, where seemingly your intent is to add serial commas and make other punctuation and grammar-based edits. I wonder if your edits are based on some sort of grammar-checking software or AI? If so, please refrain from these kind of edits, as inserting errors into pages may be perceived as vandalism. If you're not using any software or program for your edits, then please improve your grammar. Thanks. SiberianCat (talk) 01:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

I will be more careful, and I have mostly stopped editing the grammar. The editing spirit (talk) 09:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

AFDs

Hello, The editing spirit,

I was surprised to see that you closed an AFD discussion as you have been editing less than a year and tasks like that are typically left to administrators and more experienced editors. I also haven't seen you as a participant in many AFDs or seen the arguments you would advance for the outcome of an article deletion discussion so I'm not sure you are familiar enough with the culture of AFDs to be starting to assess consensus and close discussions.

At the minimum though, you need to review, thoroughly, Wikipedia:Non-admin closure which is the guide for editors who want to start helping out in AFDLand. You'll see that it advises NACs not to close discussions that are close calls and I think the one you closed could have been seen as a close call as opinion was divided between editors arguing for Deletion and those who advocated Keeping the article. This advice is not to shut you out but to prevent your closures from being challenged at a Wikipedia:Deletion review which, believe me, is usually not a pleasant experience. Better to play it safe than to be roundly criticized for making a mistake. But that's how you learn. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:53, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello Liz! Thank you for your feedback and your guidance. I will follow your kind and wise suggestions. I'm familiar with NAC and Deletion review - but will read more and dive into some cases to better understand any possible mistakes from my side. I always try to contribute positively, and I’ll be more cautious with future AFD discussions. The editing spirit (talk) 07:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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