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An edit summary allows you to give a brief description of the changes you have made when you edit a page. They should generally be used for every edit, except when creating a new entry, as they are quite useful. (Do not use them when creating a new page: the software will fill in a useful edit summary automatically.) They are limited by the software to 255 characters.
Edit summaries help …
- … those who are looking at the page's history to work out how the page has changed over time.
- … people who have the page watchlisted to see whether they are interested in your change.
- … anyone watching Recent changes to get an impression of what sort of edits are going on.
A good edit summary …
- contains a brief description of all the changes that were made.
- may include a brief reason for making the edit.
- does not include excessive justification for the edit (if necessary, use the talk page).
- does not include irrelevant or off-topic information
Abbreviations used in edit summaries include …
- ISO 639-1 or ISO 639-2 language codes.
- the name of any templates used.
- shortcuts to relevant policies or guidelines.
- any abbreviation listed at Wiktionary:Glossary or Appendix:Glossary.
- other abbreviations, including those listed below.
- +
- added (e.g. + ety)
- ++
- adding to a list, such as Derived terms or Related terms
- -
- removed
- 2c
- two cents
- def
- Definition
- ety
- Etymology
- fl
- Fixing links
- (m)fmt
- (Minorly) adjusted the formatting
- cat(s)
- Categorizing the page
- hdr
- Changed the headings
- img
- Adding an image
- iw
- Adding a link to another Wiktionary
- L[x]
- Altering a heading to be at level [x]
- lk
- Link
- pron
- Pronounciation
- re
- reply
- rm / rem
- Removed
- rv(v)
- Undoing the last change (it was vandalism)
- sc
- Adding something in the right script
- sp
- Correcting spelling
- tr(ans(l))
- Translations
- tr(anslit)
- Transliteration
- usex
- Adding a usage example
- wp
- Added a link to Wikipedia
Some edits have automatic edit summaries.