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Except for the automatic summary when creating a redirect, which usually says all that needs to be said, these are not a substitute for a proper edit summary – you should always leave a meaningful summary, even in the above cases. They are, however, useful in providing some context for edits made by
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Accurate summaries help other contributors decide whether they want to review an edit, and to understand the change should they choose to review it. Edits without edit summaries are more likely to be reverted incorrectly because they provide no explanation or rationale for the change. Editors should
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For editors who have JavaScript enabled, there is a script included with the page that monitors the codepoint-length of the summary and prevents entering summaries longer than 500 codepoints (both in "Edit source" and in Visual editor). A count is displayed at the right-hand end of the text entry
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Avoid using edit summaries to carry on debates or negotiation over the content. This creates an atmosphere where the only way to carry on discussion is to revert other editors! If you notice this happening, start a section on the talk page and place your comments there. This keeps discussions and
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field, showing the number of unused codepoints. When JavaScript is disabled, this safeguard can't function and the only protection is the browser's limit of 500 characters, which may overflow the 500-codepoint limit as a result of any characters that are represented by more than one codepoint.
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tags. Therefore, copying wikitext in the edit summary box may be preferable to copying text from the preview, except when one wants to save space. Other wikitext coding is not interpreted. Although URLs do not produce clickable links, a wikilink with
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In certain circumstances, an automatic summary is generated when an edit is published without one. This is slightly different from the summary added when editing a section, as that can be modified by the user before saving.
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to a Knowledge (XXG) page. Summaries help other editors by (a) providing a reason for the edit, (b) saving the time to open up the edit to find out what it's all about, and (c) providing information about the edit on
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section below.) However, realistically, when a major edit (e.g., addition or deletion of a substantial amount of article text, or a substantial rewrite) doesn't have an edit summary, some busy editors might not
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not revert an otherwise good edit because of a missing or confusing edit summary; good editors may simply have forgotten, or a confusing edit summary may have been the result of an
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and want to show your commitment to always leaving edit summaries, which will remind other users of the importance of doing so, you can use any of the following userboxes:
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by using the "New section" tab, the text you type into the "subject/headline" field becomes both the heading of your discussion topic, and the edit summary for that edit.
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It is possible to manually include links to multiple sections using the /* */ syntax – this may be useful when editing several sections at once. The edit summary:
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In the extreme case of an edit summary containing certain kinds of harmful content, the summary can be deleted on request. They may be removed from public view by
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To avoid accidentally leaving edit summaries blank, registered editors can select "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" on the
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When adding a new section to a discussion page with the "new section" button, the section title is used as the edit summary. When
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and revert the change without evaluating it properly. Providing an edit summary helps prevent that kind of error.
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Use the enhanced watchlist to see all recent changes in the watched pages, not just the last change in each page.
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works better for more experienced users who need to be reminded rather than taught. These are available via
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to help assist vandalism patrollers and other page watchers. They cannot be added or removed manually.
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inexperienced users who are not aware of the importance of edit summaries, and for spotting vandalism.
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This tool will search through a user's edit summaries and return edits with a partial match as a
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If you make an important omission or error in an edit summary, you can correct this by making a
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mishap. (If the edit summary itself violates privacy or other policies, see the
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The limit of 500 characters is an approximation. The actual limit is 500
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When the edit is done by a bot, through an external tool (such as
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Out, damned spot! What, will these hands ne'er be clean?
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