Edit summary

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An edit summary is a short text (usually one line) summarising the changes done to a page while editing it on a wiki-based system. It should explain what has been done as well as why it has been done.

If we consider wiki software to be an implementation of revision control, the edit summary can be compared to the log message expected by several revision control software implementations when committing.

The Mediawiki software (used by Wikipedia) allows the user to provide an edit summary, and a Wikipedia guideline advises to provide an edit summary at all times.

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