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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 .
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).
Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account , you can give yourself a reminder by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary) , and then click the "Save" button.
6 Dummy edit as a proof of activity. ... 8 Requesting a dummy edit to change my Edit Summary. 2 comments. Toggle the table of contents. Help talk: Dummy edit/Archive 1.
An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox . If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page .
3. In the "Subject" field, type a brief summary of the email. 4. Type your message in the body of the email. 5. Click Send. Want to write your message using the full screen? Click the Expand email icon at the top of the message.
Automatic edit summaries are created by the MediaWiki software for certain actions. These summaries appear in recent changes, page histories, and contributions lists, unless you provide your own edit summary. Auto edit summaries exist for several actions, if the user fails to provide an edit summary: Blanking a page
Wikipedia:Edit summary clearly describes the guideline for why edit summaries are necessary, while Help:Edit summary is a bland description for what an edit summary is, and the policy that one should use an edit summary is buried within a lot of other things. I thus vote to keep the pages separate.