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::: Try asking at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]]. But I doubt this would ever be implemented, because, on principle, records already in the history should not be modified. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] ([[User talk:Oleg Alexandrov|talk]]) 04:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
::: Try asking at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]]. But I doubt this would ever be implemented, because, on principle, records already in the history should not be modified. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] ([[User talk:Oleg Alexandrov|talk]]) 04:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
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::::Okay--thanks again, Oleg. I entered an enhancement request on Bugzilla (no. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10723 10723]) to see what the developers think. -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 16:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
::::Okay--thanks again, Oleg. I entered an enhancement request on Bugzilla (no. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10723 10723]) to see what the developers think. -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 16:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
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If this page shouldn't be edited, why isn't it protected?? martianlostinspace 17:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Why not make this near compulsory? Simply south 15:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
(undent) Hmmm... didn't get much discussion last time, possibly because the suggester combined it with another suggestion that was impossible. You could always try bringing it up again. The objection raised is easily circumvented – any such bot should restrict its attention to non-minor edits made in the main article space. It also might ignore an editor in their first few days or first few dozen edits, so as to avoid discouraging a new contributor with a non-critical notice. Ideally it might even check that the words "edit summary" don't appear in a recent post on the user's talk page, and perhaps ignore edits made to stubs or pages to which few editors have made non-minor edits and are thus unlikely to be being watched anyway. Adrian J. Hunter( talk• contribs) 12:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
I edited a page ( Big Brain Academy) a minute ago and didn't give an edit summary. However, i checked back and it said "(4,984 bytes)" is there a reason? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 06018 ( talk) 12:34, 21 April 2007 (UTC).
Never mind Andrew Marsden 07:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally hit this little link, which is located mere millimeters away from the Edit This Page button, and I lost my entire page when I was just about to enter an edit summary. Why must it be #1: placed there, and #2: linked? I'm sure this has happened to other users, and I would make a suggestion of moving the link somewhere else. Bmrbarre 00:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Should comments on talk pages have edit summaries? -- Apoc2400 08:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way to edit one's own edit summary? For example, sometimes I realize after I make an edit that I could have done the summary better, but I've never found any mention of how to change one. - Eric (talk) 20:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have been trying to include links in the edit summary, but I can't make it work. I read the article Edit summary, but I don't seem to find what is going on. See a few failed attempts on 27-aug-2007. Can anyone help me here? TIA, DVdm 09:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I would also like to know how to include links in the edit summary, but so far have failed to figure it out. Phlar ( talk) 04:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11 and the main page has a large gap between the first line and the summary box. Does anybody else see this? Is there a fix? Stillwaterising ( talk) 11:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC) Page appearance depends on display page width. Narrow screens push the image to below the right TOC. Can't edit? hmm...
Hi everybody,
Recently I've been experiencing that some editors put messages towards others in their edit summaries. I, in my most humble opinion, find that unnecessary, let alone if that is a personal attack or an offensive stance ( [1], [2], [3]). I don't know how others feel about this, but maybe the guide lines should be updated. I also posted this at WP:Help desk. -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 12:54, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I've been using Google Chrome for a while now, but have recently noticed that the edit summary text box is missing (the label "Edit Summary" is present). Any ideas?
— MDCollins ( talk) 10:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
You, my friend, are a genius. Fantastic suggestion!...nearly... I deleted the cache, then forced a reload of the page with F5 etc, the summary box appeared, until the page loaded completely and now it's gone again. Even the instructions (in the parenthesis after the Edit summary header link have gone.— MDCollins ( talk) 02:53, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Could we introduce some way to mark edits as part of a larger series? It often happens that someone makes a number of substantial edits, but the last edit is simply a minor typo fix. Everyone will only see that minor typo fix in their watchlists, and decide it's not worth the effort to check what was done. If the editor would mark his edits somehow, it would be easy to see that more has happened than is visible in the watchlist:
This would make watchlists much more useful. Offliner ( talk) 09:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I wonder if there's some kind of policy reason for not allowing searching of edit summaries, or is it just that nobody has bothered to implement it yet. If the latter, is there a place to propose/discuss/help with adding it? Thanks! -- 92.229.120.251 ( talk) 13:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
In the case of a small addition to an article, it is highly recommended to copy the full text of this addition to the summary field, giving a maximum of information with a minimum of effort. Put ft in front, as an abbreviation of "full text" (see the Abbreviations section for other abbreviations). This way, readers of the summary will be unlikely to check the page itself as they already know the extent of the edit.
Do people actually put "ft" in front of their? I can't say I've ever seen it done. It would seem fine for Wikipedia:Edit summary legend but not necessarily deserving of a spotlight here. ~ Amory ( user • talk • contribs) 12:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi RD232, recent edits have made this article look a lot cleaner, all good :) Not sure if you wanted some more to go on .. but on a cursory glance.. L∴V 11:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
I know this isn't really the place, but editors to this page will have looked at this subject, so it'd be a good place to get some second opinions. Had a couple of ideas to make the interface simpler whilst reading this page. These are directed at the the edit window: L∴V 11:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
The result of the move request was no consensus. @ harej 01:23, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Help:Edit summary →
Wikipedia:Edit summary — - The Help: namespace is generally reserved for information on how to achieve desired effects, not on community norms and best practices, which go in WP: space. This page contains significant information of the latter kind, and so should be moved to the other namespace. (It could be considered for guideline status in fact.) --
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I performed the redirect from Wikipedia:Edit summary to Help:Edit summary a while ago to avoid having two pages with the same information. I don't mind if the page is moved back, as long as there is just one such page, not two as before (so there should be a redirect from one to the other). Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 14:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
The page says, "It is considered good practice to always provide an edit summary". Does this rule apply even if you make a minor edit? Mostly, I write edit summaries when I am making a large edit, but if I am only making a minor edit, I usually don't. Is this a bad habit? -- The High Fin Sperm Whale ( talk) 22:46, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
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::: Try asking at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]]. But I doubt this would ever be implemented, because, on principle, records already in the history should not be modified. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] ([[User talk:Oleg Alexandrov|talk]]) 04:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
::: Try asking at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]]. But I doubt this would ever be implemented, because, on principle, records already in the history should not be modified. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] ([[User talk:Oleg Alexandrov|talk]]) 04:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
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::::Okay--thanks again, Oleg. I entered an enhancement request on Bugzilla (no. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10723 10723]) to see what the developers think. -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 16:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
::::Okay--thanks again, Oleg. I entered an enhancement request on Bugzilla (no. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10723 10723]) to see what the developers think. -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 16:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC) |
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:::::Because anyone who's not a faggot already uses firefox. Fuck you for using an inferior browser, faggot. Think about this pain next time you decide to start up IE or whatever shitty browser you use. [[Special:Contributions/65.78.144.196|65.78.144.196]] ([[User talk:65.78.144.196|talk]]) 08:34, 23 February 2010 (UTC) |
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If this page shouldn't be edited, why isn't it protected?? martianlostinspace 17:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Why not make this near compulsory? Simply south 15:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
(undent) Hmmm... didn't get much discussion last time, possibly because the suggester combined it with another suggestion that was impossible. You could always try bringing it up again. The objection raised is easily circumvented – any such bot should restrict its attention to non-minor edits made in the main article space. It also might ignore an editor in their first few days or first few dozen edits, so as to avoid discouraging a new contributor with a non-critical notice. Ideally it might even check that the words "edit summary" don't appear in a recent post on the user's talk page, and perhaps ignore edits made to stubs or pages to which few editors have made non-minor edits and are thus unlikely to be being watched anyway. Adrian J. Hunter( talk• contribs) 12:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
I edited a page ( Big Brain Academy) a minute ago and didn't give an edit summary. However, i checked back and it said "(4,984 bytes)" is there a reason? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 06018 ( talk) 12:34, 21 April 2007 (UTC).
Never mind Andrew Marsden 07:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally hit this little link, which is located mere millimeters away from the Edit This Page button, and I lost my entire page when I was just about to enter an edit summary. Why must it be #1: placed there, and #2: linked? I'm sure this has happened to other users, and I would make a suggestion of moving the link somewhere else. Bmrbarre 00:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Should comments on talk pages have edit summaries? -- Apoc2400 08:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way to edit one's own edit summary? For example, sometimes I realize after I make an edit that I could have done the summary better, but I've never found any mention of how to change one. - Eric (talk) 20:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have been trying to include links in the edit summary, but I can't make it work. I read the article Edit summary, but I don't seem to find what is going on. See a few failed attempts on 27-aug-2007. Can anyone help me here? TIA, DVdm 09:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I would also like to know how to include links in the edit summary, but so far have failed to figure it out. Phlar ( talk) 04:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11 and the main page has a large gap between the first line and the summary box. Does anybody else see this? Is there a fix? Stillwaterising ( talk) 11:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC) Page appearance depends on display page width. Narrow screens push the image to below the right TOC. Can't edit? hmm...
Hi everybody,
Recently I've been experiencing that some editors put messages towards others in their edit summaries. I, in my most humble opinion, find that unnecessary, let alone if that is a personal attack or an offensive stance ( [1], [2], [3]). I don't know how others feel about this, but maybe the guide lines should be updated. I also posted this at WP:Help desk. -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 12:54, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I've been using Google Chrome for a while now, but have recently noticed that the edit summary text box is missing (the label "Edit Summary" is present). Any ideas?
— MDCollins ( talk) 10:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
You, my friend, are a genius. Fantastic suggestion!...nearly... I deleted the cache, then forced a reload of the page with F5 etc, the summary box appeared, until the page loaded completely and now it's gone again. Even the instructions (in the parenthesis after the Edit summary header link have gone.— MDCollins ( talk) 02:53, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Could we introduce some way to mark edits as part of a larger series? It often happens that someone makes a number of substantial edits, but the last edit is simply a minor typo fix. Everyone will only see that minor typo fix in their watchlists, and decide it's not worth the effort to check what was done. If the editor would mark his edits somehow, it would be easy to see that more has happened than is visible in the watchlist:
This would make watchlists much more useful. Offliner ( talk) 09:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I wonder if there's some kind of policy reason for not allowing searching of edit summaries, or is it just that nobody has bothered to implement it yet. If the latter, is there a place to propose/discuss/help with adding it? Thanks! -- 92.229.120.251 ( talk) 13:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
In the case of a small addition to an article, it is highly recommended to copy the full text of this addition to the summary field, giving a maximum of information with a minimum of effort. Put ft in front, as an abbreviation of "full text" (see the Abbreviations section for other abbreviations). This way, readers of the summary will be unlikely to check the page itself as they already know the extent of the edit.
Do people actually put "ft" in front of their? I can't say I've ever seen it done. It would seem fine for Wikipedia:Edit summary legend but not necessarily deserving of a spotlight here. ~ Amory ( user • talk • contribs) 12:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi RD232, recent edits have made this article look a lot cleaner, all good :) Not sure if you wanted some more to go on .. but on a cursory glance.. L∴V 11:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
I know this isn't really the place, but editors to this page will have looked at this subject, so it'd be a good place to get some second opinions. Had a couple of ideas to make the interface simpler whilst reading this page. These are directed at the the edit window: L∴V 11:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
The result of the move request was no consensus. @ harej 01:23, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Help:Edit summary →
Wikipedia:Edit summary — - The Help: namespace is generally reserved for information on how to achieve desired effects, not on community norms and best practices, which go in WP: space. This page contains significant information of the latter kind, and so should be moved to the other namespace. (It could be considered for guideline status in fact.) --
Kotniski (
talk)
09:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
I performed the redirect from Wikipedia:Edit summary to Help:Edit summary a while ago to avoid having two pages with the same information. I don't mind if the page is moved back, as long as there is just one such page, not two as before (so there should be a redirect from one to the other). Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 14:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
The page says, "It is considered good practice to always provide an edit summary". Does this rule apply even if you make a minor edit? Mostly, I write edit summaries when I am making a large edit, but if I am only making a minor edit, I usually don't. Is this a bad habit? -- The High Fin Sperm Whale ( talk) 22:46, 18 November 2009 (UTC)