User talk:Bowyer Bob

August 2025

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that one or more recent edits you made did not have an edit summary. Collaboration among editors is fundamental to Wikipedia, and every edit should be explained by a clear edit summary, or by discussion on the talk page. Please use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit and/or to describe what it changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. When logged in to your Wikipedia account, you can give yourself a reminder by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary), and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! RipplingRiver (talk) 20:10, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I didn’t realise it was quite that important. I’ll make sure to add summaries from now on. Just to check - if I’m editing a page with lots of small copyediting issues, is it acceptable to leave one overall note saying the edits on that page are all copyedits, or do I need to write out a separate summary for each change? Bowyer Bob (talk) 10:37, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, just so you let other editors know what you are doing. For that sort of thing, your edit summary could just be "minor copy edits" or "minor copyedits". If it's something more substantive or substantial or that might be questioned or challenged, it should be spelled out -- for example "changed birth year per most online sources". You can also look at experienced editors' edit summaries and see the sort of thing they write. Happy editing! RipplingRiver (talk) 01:21, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Thanks for the explanations, examples and recommendations! Bowyer Bob (talk) 09:54, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

September 2025

Hello, I'm Criticize. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Artificial neuron, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Criticize (talk) 13:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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