Major Edits

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Major Editing may be done by copying and pasting the area the editor wishes to make revisions to, into the editor's "my talk" page, after making all of the revision, then copy and paste back into the related area/s of the Wiki to correct and/or update it. This allows an editor to edit, preview, and save a revision several times outside of the "Reference Guide," before deciding it is complete. Edits made in this manner are immediate result changes as compared to sporadic changes affecting a current on line reader's view of the "Reference Guide,"

When using this method diligent care should be taken and self enforced, for example, and not just limited too: page titles and links to page titles in the selected area an editor is planning to edit.

example:

• Copy and pasting an area back into the "Reference Guide" containing a change to a page title, e.g., correcting this page title link: [[Innstallking Media Center Master]] to [[Installing Media Center Master]] does not change the spelling of the page title and auto-update the links connected to that page.
• Page titles are links to pages.
• Although removed from the "Reference Guide" the link is still active back to the "Reference Guide" while editing within "my talk."
• Should an editor change a page title, rename it.
• The editor simply created a new page link, to a blank page.
• The original page is still active and all links in the "Reference Guide" will still connect to it.
• The new page/link will not connect with any original page/links.