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Fleff, due to his nature as the gamemaster and curator of the game this wiki is dedicated too, is entitled to all above permissions at his request. He is also capable of vetoing any request for advanced permissions and ordering the disabling of any user's account, along with directing that any advanced permissions an editor has being revoked.

== Why can I mark edits as minor? ==

== FAQ ==

=== Why can I mark edits as minor? ===

The intended effect of the box that says "This is a minor edit" is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is somewhat useful on larger wikis (though even the English Wikipedia debates it's usefulness<ref>On their own page for the subject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Minor_edit Help:Minor edit], it's written "''It's acceptable to never mark a single edit as "minor". If other editors complain about your use of the "minor" edit flag, then it's likely a good idea to stop using it.''"</ref>), but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.

It is encouraged that editors never tick the box, regardless of the edit's content.

=== Should I use edit summaries? ===

Absolutely. This is the box that appears when clicking "Save changes..." which gives the copyright text (see section "Edit copyright"). This box should be used to, in general terms, explain what the edit is doing. This could be as simple as "grammar", "spelling", etc. They wiki does not enforce with technical measures using them, but if problems being to arise out of editors making strings of edits without summaries making them difficult to review, wiki administrators may contact such an editor and mandate their use.

== Footnotes ==

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 Fleff, due to his nature as the gamemaster and curator of the game this wiki is dedicated too, is entitled to all above permissions at his request. He is also capable of vetoing any request for advanced permissions and ordering the disabling of any user's account, along with directing that any advanced permissions an editor has being revoked.
-== Why can I mark edits as minor? ==
+== FAQ ==
+=== Why can I mark edits as minor? ===
 The intended effect of the box that says "This is a minor edit" is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is somewhat useful on larger wikis (though even the English Wikipedia debates it's usefulness<ref>On their own page for the subject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Minor_edit Help:Minor edit], it's written "''It's acceptable to never mark a single edit as "minor". If other editors complain about your use of the "minor" edit flag, then it's likely a good idea to stop using it.''"</ref>), but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.
 It is encouraged that editors never tick the box, regardless of the edit's content.
+=== Should I use edit summaries? ===
+Absolutely. This is the box that appears when clicking "Save changes..." which gives the copyright text (see section "Edit copyright"). This box should be used to, in general terms, explain what the edit is doing. This could be as simple as "grammar", "spelling", etc. They wiki does not enforce with technical measures using them, but if problems being to arise out of editors making strings of edits without summaries making them difficult to review, wiki administrators may contact such an editor and mandate their use.
 == Footnotes ==
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