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When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled “Edit summary” below the main edit box. It looks like this:
Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article’s history.
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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing →
Thanks! 220 of ßorg 12:42, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Please use edit summaries when you can! It tremendously helps other users understand what edits are being made to Wikipedia articles. You’ve been contributing a lot, and I hope that you keep up the great work! —PerpetuityGrat (talk) 23:34, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
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Wikipedia is supposed to be a non-biased website. It is not a site to push a certain political agenda or to slam another person. When people go to this site they want facts about a person, not personal opinion. Being an author on this site is a privilege and shouldn’t br abused. 50.49.138.25 (talk) 18:48, 6 November 2021 (UTC) |
- Collapsed per WP:CIVIL, vagueness, and other policies or guidelines. Mathglot (talk) 03:54, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges on that page. This isn’t done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. Hemiauchenia (talk) 02:53, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Points to note:
- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article’s talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Hemiauchenia (talk) 03:37, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
You should fix all the misinformation on Marjorie Taylor Greene 2600:1005:B126:35A2:D9B3:264F:EC6F:7243 (talk) 19:09, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi ActiveContributor2020. I just wanted to make sure I explained this diff of mine. With Twinkle, you can restore any version of an article history at the push of a button. I did it to prevent you from having to manually revert everything. I hope I understood your intentions correctly. JBchrch talk 18:05, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I see you’re trying to make changes to Eric Zemmour, and have been reverted twice. This is a topic that is both in the world news, as well as undergoing intense discussion at the Talk page of the article, down to the level of individual words that should or shouldn’t be included. Heading to the article to make changes to the WP:LEADSENTENCE without being aware of this history or taking part in the discussions on the Talk page, is very unlikely to be successful. There has also been edit warring going on at the article before you got there, and you should be aware of that history as well, so you don’t get caught up in it inadvertently. You’re welcome to edit the article, as is any other editor, but a knowledge of the background and history, and especially exchanging ideas with other contributors before making changes, will increase your chances of success. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:15, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent contributions to Eric Zemmour. I had to remove them, for reasons explained in the edit summaries (see the article History tab). In brief, as a new user, I’d advise you to start with small edits to the body of the article (the part under the Table of Contents), and not to the WP:LEAD, which has special requirements, and especially not to the WP:LEADSENTENCE until you are more experienced. That said, this is not as serious as violations of WP:Verifiability, and I can see that you have taken that advice and are attempting to adhere to it, and that’s great, so bravo for that! Keep up the good work, and keep on learning about Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and you’ll be fine. Fee free to contact me with questions on my Talk page at any time. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 02:27, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Generally, it’s advised not to add new replies to archived threads, but thanks to your notification I was able to see your message and fix the problem. Feel free to reach out again whenever you see this error, but you can also do a quick copypaste like I did in the diff just above, if you’d like to learn to repair these yourself. Thanks for keeping an eye on mobile accessibility! Best, Folly Mox (talk) 12:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
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Hello- Below are a few editing suggestions to make it easier for you and others to collaborate on the encyclopedia. Please preview, consolidate, and summarize your edits:
- Try to consolidate your edits, at least at the section level, to avoid cluttering the page’s edit history; this makes it easier for your fellow editors to understand your intentions, and makes it easier for those monitoring activity on the article.
- The show preview button (beside the “publish changes” button) is helpful for this; use it to view your changes incrementally before finally saving the page once you’re satisfied with your edits.
- Please remember to explain each edit with an edit summary (box above the “publish changes” button).
Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric talk 03:38, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
to explain your reasoning for an edit and/or describe what it changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. Even something short is better than nothing. For example, for this edit on Montreal, a verbose edit summary would be something like “Move note outside punctuation”, but as little as “punctuation” or “punct” or “note placement” would be fine.
To help yourself remember, you may wish to enable “prompt me when entering a blank edit summary” in your preferences.
For reference, previous topics:
§ Preview – Consolidate – Summarize,
§ December 2024,
§ Please use edit summaries!,
§ April 2021
Thanks! — W.andrea (talk) 12:49, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
Please do not pipe links unnecessarily. See WP:NOPIPE and WP:NOTBROKEN. DrKay (talk) 05:34, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
- As previously mentioned to you, please stop piping links unnecessarily. See WP:NOPIPE. FDW777 (talk) 14:09, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
