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Works great in theory but unfortunately on RC patrol, it has been my observation that the vast majority of canned edit summaries do not accurately describe the changes that have been made. I would go so far as to say most uses of canned edit summary by IPs are an attempt to conceal vandalism. Therefore, I don't believe that canned edit summaries are a net positive.– Gilliam ( talk) 12:21, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
In Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets under Editing, the first option is, "Add two new dropdown boxes below the edit summary box with some useful default summaries." I have had this enabled for a while.
Due to my real-life limitations often getting in the way of finishing things myself, it might turn out that all I can do is make this post, but I'll see how far I can take this. If I can't make it back here, I apologize, and hopefully someone else will build on my suggestions. And yes, this is canned text. Heh. Thanks! — Geekdiva ( talk) 03:45, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Canned edit summary and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 10#Canned edit summary until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 04:33, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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Works great in theory but unfortunately on RC patrol, it has been my observation that the vast majority of canned edit summaries do not accurately describe the changes that have been made. I would go so far as to say most uses of canned edit summary by IPs are an attempt to conceal vandalism. Therefore, I don't believe that canned edit summaries are a net positive.– Gilliam ( talk) 12:21, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
In Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets under Editing, the first option is, "Add two new dropdown boxes below the edit summary box with some useful default summaries." I have had this enabled for a while.
Due to my real-life limitations often getting in the way of finishing things myself, it might turn out that all I can do is make this post, but I'll see how far I can take this. If I can't make it back here, I apologize, and hopefully someone else will build on my suggestions. And yes, this is canned text. Heh. Thanks! — Geekdiva ( talk) 03:45, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Canned edit summary and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 10#Canned edit summary until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 04:33, 10 March 2022 (UTC)