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Just making some simple fixes on grammar, spelling, and formatting DairyKrazy (talk) 11:12, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. This is the talk page for the page Wikipedia:Edit requests. Please leave the edit request on the page that you're trying to edit, and leave your request in a "change X to Y" format. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 12:03, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please change Sushant's cause of death to "an on going investigation". ShadowQueenAria (talk) 21:20, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Sushant_Singh_Rajput#Edit_warring_over_death_in_infobox and the later discussions – Thjarkur (talk) 21:25, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that for many new editors, creating an edit request is a hard procedure, and many make mistakes in either their wording or technical format (see above). Because of that, I created Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. Do others think this would be a good thing to publicize on the page so that people can easily make edit requests? Sam-2727 (talk) 00:53, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification: It's mainly for COI and paid editors, but the "protected" part is there as well for completeness. Sam-2727 (talk) 01:24, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Do others think this would be a good thing to publicize on the page so that people can easily make edit requests?" -- absolutely. Yes. It should be a banner with a direct link to the wizard. I just learned how confusing it is to make a semi-protected edit request when I moved a new request that was added within an old, answered one. (Too many experienced Wikipedia editors take things for granted and don't put themselves in the shoes of new and occasional editors.) Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 07:16, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pyxis Solitary, one of the main problems I'm facing is publicizing it. If you have ideas on how to do that, that would be much appreciated. Sam-2727 (talk) 04:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You created a discussion here, in the Edit requests talk page, and only I have responded so far. You tried the first step in trying to reach consensus among editors. You can now consider creating an RfC: WP:RFCOPEN. If you know an Admin, you should consider asking her or him about creating the RfC. Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 07:33, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure exactly what template or tool creates edit requests, but the headers are always something like "Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2020". On active protected articles, like high-profile current events, we often get multiple edit requests on the same day, resulting in multiple sections with the same exact section. These sometimes lead to substantive discussions. Yet, it's difficult to link to them, especially when they go into talk page archives, because they have the same heading. Renaming the heading might confuse the new editor making the request (as well as break any prior links).

My suggestion is that the section header should be: "Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2020 by [EDITOR]". Anybody think this is a good idea, or have suggestions for alternatives? Lev!vich 18:57, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]