Thread:DandyAndy1989/@comment-26212090-20161110234711/@comment-5558012-20161111032319

DandyAndy1989 wrote: That's odd. That doesn't seem right that we can edit others' profiles. Just to address this interesting statement. There are multiple reasons why profile edits are editable by everyone. The first is core wiki principal - editing to make things better. True comments and blogs aren't editable to everyone (they are Fandom/Wikia extensions and behave differently than standard namespaces) though that's the general principal. Overall, most users assume under as unwritten courtesy not to edit a user's profile or not to make noticeable changes. Minor edits (fixing a spelling error, for example) aren't uncommon and are usually acceptable. Additionally, profiles aren't always seen as user property. Other reasons for open editing include reverting vandalism/inappropriate/spam content (notably if a user creates their page with such or adds it later, seen the former happen many times), housekeeping (removing broken links/files), and the fact that some users encourage others to make improvements for or to work with them.