http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Help%3ADummy_edit 2026-05-04T01:20:06Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.31.16 http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/index.php?title=Help:Dummy_edit&diff=1504&oldid=prev 2006-07-19T05:34:24Z

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Wadmin http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/index.php?title=Help:Dummy_edit&diff=1503&oldid=prev 2006-05-05T09:46:58Z

<p>rv my demo, put in <a href="/~sysadmin/w/Help:Page_for_demos_in_the_Help_namespace" title="Help:Page for demos in the Help namespace">Help:Page for demos in the Help namespace</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{h:h|editor toc}}<br /> ==Dummy edit ==<br /> <br /> A '''dummy edit''' is a change in wikitext that has little or no effect on the rendered page, but saves a useful dummy edit summary. The dummy edit summary can be used for text messaging, and correcting a previous edit summary such as an accidental marking of a previous edit as &quot;minor&quot; (see [[Help:Minor edit]]). Text messaging via the edit summary is a way of communicating with other editors. Text messages may be seen by dotted IP number editors who don't have a user talk page, or editors who haven't read the subject's talk page, if it exists. Each edit summary can hold 202 text characters. A dummy edit should be checkboxed &quot;minor&quot; by logged-in editors.<br /> <br /> :Examples: <br /> :*''Changing the number of [[w:newline|newline]]s in the edit text.'' Changing from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 (or vice versa) has no effect on the rendered page. Changing from 1 to 2 newlines makes a rendered difference that may not be a dummy edit. Adding newlines to the end of the article will not save as a dummy edit (see below). <br /> <br /> == Null edit ==<br /> <br /> A '''null edit''' occurs if a page save is made when the wikitext is not changed, which is useful for refreshing the cache. A null edit will not record an edit, make any entry in the page history, in Recent Changes, etc., and the edit summary is discarded.<br /> <br /> :Examples:<br /> :*''Opening the edit window and saving.'' A section edit save is sufficient.'' <br /> :*''Adding newlines only to the end of the article and saving.'' This is also a null edit. <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Help:Category#A category tag in a template.3B caching problem|A category tag in a template; caching problem]].<br /> <br /> {{h:f|enname=Dummy edit}}</div>

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