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Revision as of 11:08, 8 January 2018 by Timbuk-2(talk | contribs)(Made all entries consistent with the inclusion of "Secondary text" line (completed third portion of article: through "Noteworthiness"). -T2.)
Note: This page does not lay down any official guidelines on how to fill out an article's edit summary. Wikipedians are encouraged to write accurate and detailed summaries. For more information, see Help:Edit summary.
Addition of category
cat
Meaning: A category to the page.
Secondary text (encouraged):
[[Category:Name of category]] (which puts a useful link directly into the edit summary)
Examples:
+cat [[Category:Mammals]] (added this category)
-cat [[Category:Zoology]] (deleted this category)
Addition of comment
cm,cmt,com, re
Meaning: I added a comment to this page.
Secondary text (encouraged):
[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the topic of the comment]
Examples:
cm noteworthiness
cmt: questioning noteworthiness
+com ft "I find this non-noteworthy."
re use of columns: necesssary? (see Talk)
Addition of navigational template
navtemp
Meaning: I made a change involving a navigational template to this page.
Secondary text: none required
Example:
+navtemp (I added a navigational template)
Addition or rephrasing: brief text
ft
Meaning: I have added or rephrased the following brief bit of full text.
Secondary text (required):
[in quotation marks, the exact text in question]
Secondary text (encouraged):
[in quotation marks, the exact text that is being replaced]]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
Such specificity is extremely helpful to those viewing only the edit summary, since it may obviate the need to open the article's History page to obtain these details.
Added ft "Under these circumstances" to specify causation
Substituted ft "Under these circumstances" for "So"
Substituted ft "Due to these two events" for "So" to clarify the causative factors
See ft in Talk for change to "So"
Addition or rephrasing: longer text
+, add, addition, expand
Meaning: I have added or rephrased a longer bit of text in the article, and what follows is a summary.
Secondary text (required):
[a summary of the text in question]
Secondary text (encouraged):
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
Examples:
+Future expeditions
add:Future expeditions (b/c important new plans have been made public)
May also be used to indicate that the user has added his support/opposition on consensus building; it is then usually preceded by the section name
Examples:
→ Support: +
→ Oppose: +me
Alphabetization
alpha, abc
Meaning: I have put this list in alphabetical order.
Secondary text (encouraged):
[the portion of the text alphabetized (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
Examples:
abc second list in this section
alpha last column for consistency
Capitalization
cap, caps, capital, cpt, uc, ucase, lc, lcase
Meaning: I have fixed capitalization.
Secondary text (encouraged):
[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
Specifically:
cap, capital, or cpt when there is a general fixing of capitalization.
caps when EVERY letter of a word is capitalized (i.e., ALL CAPS).
uc or ucase when uppercasing the first letter of a word.
lc or lcase when lowercasing the first letter of a word.
Common occurences:
Wikipedia's article titles are case-sensitive, except for the first letter of the article, which always appears as a capital letter. Also, according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style, except for compound proper nouns (such as "New York Fire Department") only the first letter of the first word in section headings should be capitalized.
Examples:
cap throughout this section for consistency
caps "NATO"
uc toys in the list that have proper (not generic) names
lc rest of title, per MOS
Cleanup
cl, cleanup, cu
Meaning: I have made some general 'tidying-up' edits.
Secondary text: none required
Useful when making many different kinds of small changes in a single edit.
This is often seen when an article has been incorrectly laid out with "level 3" headers at the top level (i.e., === text ===) instead of "level 2" headers (i.e., == text ==).
Meaning: I have created or removed a link from this Wikipedia article to another one.
Secondary text (required):
[[Wikipedia article name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia article name'
Secondary text (encouraged):
[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').
This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.
Examples:
lk: 'Train'
lks: 'snow', 'hail'
+wl in list: 'Train'
lnks for all State names
+lnk in list: 'Train' (after disambig)
wikilink [[train]] (new article)
Interwiki links
iwk, iw
Meaning: I added one or more interwiki links to this page.
Secondary text (required):
{{Interwiki link name}} (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Interwiki link name'
Secondary text (encouraged):
[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in curly brackets {{ }}. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').
This is especially useful when the link is to a new material, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in viewing it.
Examples:
iw: {{Wikiquote:Rabbits}}
+iwks: {{Wikiquote:Politics}} and {{Wikiquote:Feminism}}
rem iw for pictures (too broad)
added wikilink {{Wikipedia books|Soap}} (new material)
Meaning: I have made edits to conform to the Wikipedia Manual of Style.
Secondary text: none required
Used with other edit summary elements.
Merge
mrg, mrgd, merged in
Meaning: I have merged one or more other articles into this article.
Secondary text (required):
[[Wikipedia article name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia article name'
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').
Examples:
mrg: 'USA' & 'United States of America'
mrgd: [[USA]] and [[United States of America]]
merged in [[sheepherding]] and [[droving]] (after consenus, see Talk)
Miscellaneous
misc
Meaning: I made miscellaneous copyedits.
Secondary text: none required
More specific and useful edit summaries are preferred, but if that is not practical misc may suffice.