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lkbm • today at 3:21 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

If I fix a typo, I've edited an article. I used to search for common misspellings and fix them. It was useful, but very different from having actually written anything.

Same for adding an article to a category or adding links between en:Albert Einstein and de:Albert Einstein.

EDIT: For your consideration, here's his contributions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ser_Aman...

> 2026-10-27T06:18:49 diff hist +20 Parsifal bell →External links: - add Commons link current thank

> 2026-10-27T06:18:04 diff hist 0 Parsifal bell →Construction thank

> 2026-10-27T06:17:08 diff hist +4 Parsifal bell →Need thank

> 2026-10-27T06:16:20 diff hist −23 Lotte Lehmann Removing from Category:Lohengrin not defining using Cat-a-lot current thank

> 2026-10-27T06:16:20 diff hist −23 Heinrich Lefler Removing from Category:Lohengrin not defining using Cat-a-lot current thank

> 2026-10-27T06:16:19 diff hist −23 Wilhelm Hauschild Removing from Category:Lohengrin not defining using Cat-a-lot current thank

> 2026-10-27T06:16:19 diff hist −23 Ferdinand Leeke Removing from Category:Lohengrin not defining using Cat-a-lot current thank

> 2026-10-27T06:14:55 diff hist +52 Maria Müller added Category:20th-century Czech women opera singers using HotCat current thank

Again, useful, but obviously very different from writing (or even modifying) the contents of an article.