User talk:Aston305

A belated welcome!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Aston305! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Schazjmd (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

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Answering edit requests

Hey there - thanks for answering edit requests. When you do so, you don't need to add a second "edit request" template at the bottom of the request - just change the EXISTING template from "answered = no" to "answered = yes." If the "answered" parameter isn't present, you can add it after a "|". Happy editing! PianoDan (talk) 19:46, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

:Just a reminder - you're still sometimes leaving edit requests open after answering them. But thanks again for taking them on! PianoDan (talk) 22:34, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for the heads up - to clarify: I am meant to edit the original message/post template and change the 'ans=no' to 'ans=yes', correct? I believe that is what I have been doing but I may forget sometimes. Also I intentionally leave them as unanswered sometimes to allow them to stay on the list if the poster replies, eg I ask for a source and they provide one, another editor can still find the original request on the table. Is that not what I am meant to do? Aston305 (talk) 14:35, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

:::That's all completely correct, yes. I suppose it's also possible that we have different thresholds for when to close a request. Personally, if I apply an xy or rs template, since the words of the template say "not done," I close the request, on the theory that they can reopen it themselves if they provide the information (which they rarely do.) But I could see the argument for leaving it open in those cases. Cheers! PianoDan (talk) 15:57, 11 April 2025 (UTC)