There are many different types of editing, from fixing typos through adding comments to wholescale restructuring of pages. Always think about the value of your edit to the reader. A comment tacked on to the end of a topic forces the reader to read the whole topic and then integrate your comment into the main body of the text. It is better to do the work for them and make your changes to the main text. Don't be afraid of offending people by making changes to their text. It is in the WikiNature to freely edit text and authors expect their text to be edited. All pages on this wiki are under revision control, so no content is ever lost and you should never be afraid of making changes, even major ones. If you do completely restructure a topic, it may help to leave a note explaining why you made the changes you did.
Some conventions to observe are:
If you make a major change to the body of a recipe and would like credit for it, add your signature to the list of signatures in the Contributors section of the page. You can simply type @SIG@ at the appropriate spot on the page, and the wiki will replace it with your name and a timestamp when you save the page.
- If others have added their signatures, leave them there