GaryPBell66
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September 2021
editHi GaryPBell66! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. David Biddulph (talk) 20:15, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
I made some minor edits to the substantive update I made. The person is question is my deceased grandfather so I only added facts which I could validate. Never mind. I will probably give up as it took me 3 hours to get the page updated with photos added. GaryPBell66 (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)