Editing a Wikipedia page

Dinarius

Last week I corrected an entry in a Wikipedia page. The first time I had ever done so.

It had to do with a location in London which simply doesn’t exist. I changed the entry to the correct location.

I returned to the page a few days later to discover that it had reverted to the Incorrect entry.

When I the most recently edited by entry, I saw that it had been edited by a bot.

Does this mean that someone can simply setup up a computer to make changes to a Wikipedia page automatically?

Smacks of lack of accountability, if so.

No big deal, just annoying. Anyone else looking for the location will have the same difficulty I had.

Thanks.

D.

Wheety

Did you add a reference for your change? Or a reason? It usually reverts automatically if the system doesn't deem the edit to have merit.

Dinarius

Wheety wrote: »

Did you add a reference for your change? Or a reason? It usually reverts automatically if the system doesn't deem the edit to have merit.

I simply changed the relevant text in the article.

I didn’t give a reason.

It was the first time I’d ever done this. I’ll try again.

D.

mirhamxa

I had edited multiple pages. If you provide a reference/citation and add verified information they don't revert the changes. But if someone wants self promotion or add references which are not authentic then they do revert the changes.

ShauntaMetzel

mirhamxa wrote: »

I had edited multiple pages. If you provide a reference/citation and add verified information they don't revert the changes. But if someone wants self promotion or add references which are not authentic then they do revert the changes.

I agree.

Dinarius

So far, so good.

It hasn’t been changed after my second edit.

D.