Edit summary: Difference between revisions

An '''edit summary''' is one of the fundamental {{tag|WikiConcept|concepts}} of most, if not all [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engines]], and is generally considered a good {{tag|WikiIdea|idea}} to always fill in the edit summary field accurately.

When [[Help:Editing|editing]] an article here on [[WikiIndex]], there is a small field labeled '[[wp:Help:Edit summary|Summary]]' under the main [[edit box]].<!--  It looks like this:

The text written in the edit summary will appear verbatim on the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] list, in the [[wp:Help:Page history|page revision history]] of its related article, on the [[mw:Help:Diff|diff page]], and in the [[mw:Help:Watching pages|watchlists]] of [[user]]s who are watching that article. See [[mw:Help:Edit summary|Help:Edit summary]] at [[MediaWiki.org]] for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. If you are adding a new section, please do not just keep the previous section's header in the edit summary field; please fill in your new section's name instead. Thank you.