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A dummy edit is a slight change in a page's wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page but allows an editor to save a useful edit summary.By contrast, a null edit—clicking "Publish changes" without changing anything—does not modify the wikitext, does not create an edit summary, and does not appear in the page's edit history.
(This is probably always what is meant by a "dummy edit" - don't laugh, cause that's what the folks call it). And that makes it possible to create a summary that will appear near a recent edit (not inside it), in its history (and in your contributions, if the edit you wished you could edit was your own, which, in fact it is !).
1. In the "Summary" box (Figure 1-5), type a few words to describe the purpose of your edit. In other words, follow the instructions in the fine print: "Briefly describe your changes." For example, in this case you might type Test edit – first time using the Sandbox. (See the box below for information about edit summaries.)
I noticed that one or more recent edit(s) you made did not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary ...
A note about editing on mobile devices: Most Wikipedians prefer to edit from a computer, as the editing interface works better there. You can edit from a mobile device and tablet, though. See this page for more information. Wikipedia is formatted using its own language called wiki markup, also called wikitext. It's pretty easy to learn the basics.
An edit summary is a brief explanation of an edit to a Wikipedia page. Summaries help other editors by (a) providing a reason for the edit, (b) saving the time to open up the edit to find out what it's all about, and (c) providing information about the edit on diff pages and lists of changes (such as page histories and watchlists).
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Use only when a more specific and more useful edit summary is not practical. move mv, mov: Article move null edit null, nx, ø: Saving the page without changing anything, see Null edit. punctuation punc, punct, pct: Fixing punctuation redirect rd, rdr, redir: Article redirect. Specify what article it redirects to. redirect fix snap dbl rdr, fix ...