User:GetYourFix/Blog:Edit Descriptions: Fix's Jargon Guide

__ Hello, ! Welcome to my jargon guide. Since I do many, many small edits, I have created a hybrid language that communicates what was changed in the edit in an intuitive and abridged way. At least, it feels intuitive to me... that's why I made this guide!



This guide is for specifically GetYourFix's editing language; it is by no means a standard for the Wiki!

General
I try to make edit descriptions short because I don't like filling the "Wiki Recent Activity" feed; instead of not explaining edits, I created a solution that describes changes in an efficient way.

Edits are separated by a backslash ( \ ) with spaces around it. Explanations for edits follow a colon.

I do not explain edits when I don't feel that they need an explanation; I am more than happy to explain edits thoroughly if you ask!

Minor Edits
m-g,cc,s,f

Minor edits are always preceded by a lowercase "m." This is because I think of "m" as a "minor M"! After a hyphen, a variety of letters or abridgements can occur that clarify the type of minor edit. These letters and abridgements are:


 * g: Grammar
 * cc: Clarity and concision - I keep these together, though I do not always edit both!
 * s: Syntax
 * f: Formatting specifically related to template spacing. Rarely includes visible changes to the page.

Multiple minor edit letters are separated by commas so that they are easier on the eyes.

I do not explain minor edits unless they could be disputed. An example of an edit that can be disputed is changing "Barrier" to "barrier" on a page; I would explain that "barrier" is used in-game.

The example at the beginning of this section means that there are minor edits of the grammar, clarity, concision, syntax, and formatting!

Removing Content
-info "Neutral Route":nr,"Relationships":tmd,"Personality":inc

When content is unrelated, gives too much detail, or is an assumption, I often delete it or add more references to remove paraphrasing the game directly.

These tags begin with "-info" and then the name of the section the information was removed from. Abridgements that occur after a semicolon explain the removal and mean:
 * nr: Not related; this is a specific form of too much detail, meaning that information not relevant to the page was added as an explanation.
 * tmd: Too much detail.
 * inc: Incorrect. This could be blatant fabrication or an assumption. Stating assumption as fact either gets reworded or removed.

The description above means that three sections had information removed from them. The information in the "Neutral Route" section was non-related, the information in the "Relationships" section was too detailed, and the information in the "Personality" section was incorrect.

Replacements
"Chara"->"the first human"

In cases where I swapped one word for another, I use this replacement tag! The example above means that I replaced instances of "Chara" with the phrase "the first human."

Links
+L Asriel,True Lab,Encounter -L Frisk,Asgore

This is how I denote adding and removing interwiki links. Because lowercase "L" and "1" look nearly the same to me, I use an uppercase "L" to denote links.

The first line explains that I added links to Asriel, True Lab, and Encounter. The second line explains that I removed links to Frisk and Asgore.

I remove links if they are duplicate within that article or are in headers, and I add links when I feel they add to the article. If there is an explanation other than this for link addition and subtraction, I'll include it in the edit description.

I do not mention moving a link up in an article.

Pictures
+pic,gallery -pic +desc

Similar to references, addition of pictures is denoted by "+pic" and subtraction is denoted by "-pic." The "gallery" notes that pictures have been added to a gallery or a gallery has been created.

I do not describe pictures added because they are shown in the edit description anyway.

"+desc" denotes the addition of a file description template.