User talk:ThomasHartman

Your question

I am new to this. I just made a few minor suggestions concerning readability and grammar. I thought my suggestions would go to a gatekeeper who would make revisions to the actual text. Imagine my supprise to see my changes put immediately into effect! Fortunately, they were small changes--a word deleted, a sentence moved. I have more suggestions, but they are larger and more significant. How do I submit these for COMMENT AND CONSIDERATION before anything drastic is done?

Thomas, that's an excellent question. As you noticed, changes to a page (any page) are effective immediately. So, there are two ways to approach some changes you want to make:

Add a new section on the talk page (for example, Talk:Elijah (prophet)) and ask for comments. This should pretty quickly indicate whether there is consensus support for your changes -- a good idea, particularly on a page like Elijah (prophet), where a number of different traditions intersect.
Be bold and make your changes anyway. But please don't be offended if someone turns right around and edits them -- that's just the way things work. The best you can do is try to maintain a neutral point of view in your edits and know that things will eventually work out.

--JFreeman ^(talk) 04:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elijah

Are you sure that it was a fast and not a feast? I just saw your recent edit. Just wondering. Wrad 01:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]