Brain Edit
editDon't shoot me. I'm just an unpaid volunteer here.
I am an inclusionist rather than a deletionist.
editIf you are a deletionist, go away and play video games. You are not helping Wikipedia. You are not helping society. You are not increasing human knowledge, you are deleting human knowledge.
Cheatsheets
editWikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup
Wikipedia:Tutorial_(Keep_in_mind)
Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view
Tags or Wikipedia:Template_messages
Tips for others
editIf you are not an expert on a subject area, don't edit that article. PERIOD.
editIf a cite is missing, spend 5 minutes to find a cite rather than just deleting parts of articles.
editMany, many corrections by EXPERTS are deleted by other amateur EDITORS.
editHere are the steps by stupid editors:
1. Expert comes along an sees a FACTUAL ERROR in article.
2. Wikipedia EDITOR reverts or undoes the correction because of lack of a cite. Article is now factually INCORRECT.
3. If you are not an EXPERT in a subject area, don't UNDO changes of others because of lack of a cite!! This is especially true if the original material contains errors that are being fixed. Instead, research and find a cite to decide which of the uncited versions is correct. Just because it is already in wikipedia, it does NOT mean it it FACTUALLY CORRECT!!
Spelling errors
editI've seen people delete whole sections because there is a spelling error. If were an expert, you would fix the spelling error rather than deleting a few paragraphs of an article.