User talk:Dcaldwell7

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  Getting help   Made a mistake?   Goodies, tips and tricks Thanks. --ЗAНИA talk 12:25, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
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Lentis/Where It Goes: Electronic Waste and Salvage
Your recent edits to this page have been reverted because you removed a large amount of text and gave no reason for such removal. Please always add an edit summary so that other editors can understand what you are doing.--ЗAНИA talk 19:02, 4 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your quick reply to my message. I have restored all of your previous edits.  The problem is that it is not all your own work.  There are other contributors to this book including User:Mcordovez and User:Econnell and on Wikibooks all books are editable by anybody.  Do not expect your work to remain as it is because anybody can edit the pages if they wish.  Regular users of Wikibooks patrol recent changes looking for vandalism and non-constructive editing and large removals of text are considered to be non-constructive especially if the editor hasn't said why they are making such changes.  When you edit any page you will see a field at the bottom (between the text and the Save page button) titled Edit Summary.  User this field to explain any changes you are making as this will help other editors.  I hope this is clear.  Once again I am sorry that your edits were removed. --ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 20:26, 4 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Now I feel really bad. I didn't mean to be so snippy, just heat of the moment at the thought of all my work being gone. Mcordovez and econnell are my partners in a group project so it seemed strange that we wouldn't have exclusive editing power until we turned it over to the wiki community. I guess thats not how it works. I'll make sure to explain future edits. If you have any time, please feel free to suggest some areas of improvement for the content of our work-in-progress page.
 * Don't worry. Any changes can be undone here using the 'History' tab at the top of the page.  Yes, other users can edit your pages but Wikibooks is a fairly quiet community so very few people will edit your work generally.  Some people may come along and add a few bits of information and others, like I have done, may correct typos and things like that.  Another useful reason for the edit summaries is that it makes it easier to see what each person has contributed (also on the 'History' tab).  I've looked at your book a few times and everything seems to be fine.  Keep up the good work.--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 21:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)