User talk:LincolnFreehand

Use of minor checkbox

Hi. I saw your edits at PeoplePlus and wanted to let you know that the minor edit checkbox has a pretty narrow meaning here. Specifically, it means something so minor no one could find it controversial, and nothing that changes the meaning. Because of the amount of changes you made I think this shouldn't have been used here. The addition of a citation at Harrisonberg is bordeline. It's a small thing, but better not to get a bad habit at the start. Enjoy editing and feel free to reach out to me or other editors if you have questions! Oblivy (talk) 23:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help as I'm getting started. I was trying to make proofreading edits suggested by Wikipedia to help out and get started, but that entry felt like a lot of commercialized material so I tried to simplify it. The Harrisonburg line about the explosion seemed odd to me (maybe work deleting?) since it wasn't a very notable historical event in the city. I left the line but added an article to explain what the explosion was. Do you think a line like that should just be deleted entirely? I'm not sure myself. LincolnFreehand (talk) 17:00, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

The inclusion of the explosion sentence is fine, in my opinion. If it was the city's main or major claim to fame, I'd expect to see continuing news coverage (because that's for notability). But it's a piece of trivia and you've included a cite to support it which is covered by the somewhat lower verifiability standard. Oblivy (talk) 05:57, 5 September 2024 (UTC)