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- Please use an edit summary with each edit
When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:
Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)
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.
Edit summary content is visible in Article editing history, your User contributions, and other locations.
Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for each edit, or a summary of what you changed.
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You are welcome to continue editing without logging in, but many editors recommend that you create an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits, such as the ability to create articles. For a full outline and explanation of the benefits that come with creating an account, please see this page. If you edit without a username, your IP address (Welcome-anon-summary) is used to identify you instead.
Another advantage of registering for a Wikipedia account, is that you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting:
- Preferences → Editing →
Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary)
Start by clicking the "Preferences" link at the top of the page.
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 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Welcome-anon-summary}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
This template is for welcoming an anonymous user who has positively contributed to one or more articles, but did not include an edit summary with their edit(s).
Usage
editTo use this template, add {{subst:Welcome-anon-summary}}
to the user's talk page.
Parameters
edit|1=for an article the anon user positively contributed to:{{subst:Welcome-anon-summary|Radar detector}}|notalk=whether to not include "ask me on my talk page" in the "If you need help" section
TemplateData
editThis template should always be substituted. This template is for welcoming an anonymous user who has positively contributed to one or more articles, but did not include an edit summary with their edit(s).
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article | 1 | An article the anon user positively contributed to
| Page name | suggested |
| No talk | notalk | Whether to not include "ask me on my talk page" as a help option
| Boolean | optional |
See also
edit- {{Thanks}}
- {{Welcome-anon}} – encourages getting a username
- {{Welcome-anon-constructive}} – have made constructive edits
- {{Welcome-anon-npov}}
- {{Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
- {{Welcome-anon-test}} – seem to have made a test edit
- {{Welcome-anon-unconstructive}} – have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted
- {{Welcome-anon-unsourced}}
- {{Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter}}
- {{Welcome-t-anon}} – like {{Welcome-anon}} with a link to the Teahouse
- {{Welcome-anon-t}} – alternate version of {{welcome-t-anon}}
- {{W-graphical-anon}}encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates