Editing Help:Editing pages (section)

== After your edit is saved ==
You may not get any immediate feedback on your edits.  Even if you do not receive feedback on your edit, we do appreciate all new contributions, whether they are fixing typos or adding a new section to a page.  All edits made to the site are noticed and checked; many editors regularly review all of the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] made to the site.

If you notice that your contribution has been revised, remember that this is part of the wiki process. Each article is a fully collaborative effort, and any editor can revise any part of the page.  The most common revisions are to fix [[LifeWiki:Spelling|typos]] or add [[Help:Links|links]] to other wiki pages.

Even if more substantial changes are made to your contribution, don't be alarmed.  It takes most new editors some time to familiarize themselves with the site's [[LifeWiki:Style guide|style guide]] and article organization system. Other editors on the site will be happy to help you learn more about wiki editing; having your edits altered is just part of the learning process.

If you would like to understand why your edit was changed there are several possible courses of action:
* Click the "history" tab on the page that you edited.  The history tab will provide you with a complete list of all the edits made to the page, including the editors' edit summaries.  The editor(s) who altered your contribution should have given a brief explanation in the summary accompanying the edit.
* If you don't understand the explanation, [[#Editing a discussion page|add a question]] on the article's talk page.  Click "discussion" to pull up the talk page, and add a question (e.g., "I made an edit yesterday which was undone. I don't understand why the editor said the information was redundant").  The editor who made the change, or possibly other wiki editors, will respond with more complete feedback (although remember it may take a few days for other editors to have a chance to respond).
* If after a few days your question hasn't been answered, you may also choose to ask the editor on his/her talk page (click the "Talk" link that appears next to the editor's name).  The editor will be automatically be notified about any questions posted on his/her talk page.