Edit summary: Difference between revisions

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An edit summary is one of the fundamental concepts of most, if not all, wiki engines. It is generally considered to be a good idea to always fill-in the edit summary field accurately.

When editting an article here on WikiIndex, there is a small field that is labelled 'Summary:' under the main edit box. The text that is written in the edit summary will appear verbatim on the recent changes list, in the page revision history of its related article, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See 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 have changed, so please always fill-in the edit summary field. If you are adding a new section, then 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.

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-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.
+An <b>edit summary</b> is one of the fundamental concepts of most, if not all, [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engines]]. It is generally considered to be a good idea to always fill-in the edit summary field accurately.
-When [[Help:Editing|editing an article on WikiIndex]] there is a small field labeled '[[wp:Help:Edit summary|Edit summary]]' under the main edit box.<!--  It looks like this:
+When [[Help:Editing|editting]] an article here on [[WikiIndex]], there is a small field that is labelled '{{Wp|Help:Edit summary|Summary:}}' under the main [[edit box]].<!--  It looks like this:
 <div class="mw-summary" style="width:50em; margin-left:30px; background-color:#eeeeee; padding:5px">
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-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.
+The text that is 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}} 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.
+Filling-in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you have changed, so please always fill-in the edit summary field. If you are adding a new section, then 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.
+<b>See also</b>
+*{{WMF-Meta|Help:Edit summary}} — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
+*[[WikiIndex: Editing etiquette]]
-;See also
-*[[meta-wiki:Help:Edit summary|Help:Edit summary]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
-*[[WikiIndex:Editing etiquette]]
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