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This is a list of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;commonly used [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]] abbreviations&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Find a more concise list at [[/Quick reference|quick reference]]. Select from the box above for more abbreviations and terms.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Note:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; This page does &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; state any official guidelines regarding edit summary content. For more information about that, see [[Help:Edit summary]], which strongly encourages editors to provide accurate and detailed summaries.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Addition of category ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: A category to the page.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Category:Name of category]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts a useful link directly into the edit summary)&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+cat &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Category:Mammals]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (added this category)&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-cat &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Category:Zoology]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (deleted this category)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Addition of comment ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cm,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cmt,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;com&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;re&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I added a comment to this page.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the topic of the comment]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cm noteworthiness&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cmt: questioning noteworthiness&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+com ft &amp;quot;I find this non-noteworthy.&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;re use of columns: necesssary? (see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Addition of navigational template ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;navtemp&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I made a change involving a navigational template to this page.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+navtemp&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (I added a navigational template)&lt;br /&gt;
{{Back to contents}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Addition or rephrasing: brief text ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ft&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{clarify|reason=what does ft stand for?}}&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have added or rephrased the following brief bit of full text.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[in quotation marks, the exact text in question]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[in quotation marks, the exact text that is being replaced]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Such specificity is extremely helpful to those viewing only the edit summary, since it may obviate the need to open the article&amp;#039;s History page to obtain these details.&lt;br /&gt;
: Note: only brief text should be so specified. For longer text, make use of the article&amp;#039;s [[Help:Talk pages|Talk page]] and note this in the edit summary. See below for [[#Edit that is explained on the article&amp;#039;s Talk page|Edit that is explained on the article&amp;#039;s Talk page]].&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ft &amp;quot;because of this event&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Added ft &amp;quot;Under these circumstances&amp;quot; to specify causation&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Substituted ft &amp;quot;Under these circumstances&amp;quot; for &amp;quot;So&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Substituted ft &amp;quot;Due to these two events&amp;quot; for &amp;quot;So&amp;quot; to clarify the causative factors&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;See ft in Talk for change to &amp;quot;So&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Addition or rephrasing: longer text ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+, add, addition, expand&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have added or rephrased a longer bit of text in the article, and what follows is a summary.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a summary of the text in question]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+Future expeditions&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;add:Future expeditions (b/c important new plans have been made public)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:May also be used to indicate that the user has added his support/opposition on consensus building; it is then usually preceded by the section name&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;→ Support: +&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;→ Oppose: +me&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Alphabetization ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;alpha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;abc&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have put this list in alphabetical order.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the portion of the text alphabetized (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;abc second list in this section&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;alpha last column for consistency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Capitalization ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cap, caps, capital, cpt, uc, ucase, lc, lcase&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have fixed capitalization.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Specifically:&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cap, capital,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cpt&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when there is a general fixing of capitalization.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;caps&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when EVERY letter of a word is capitalized (e.g., ALL CAPS).&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;uc&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ucase&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when uppercasing the first letter of a word.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lc&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lcase&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when lowercasing the first letter of a word.&lt;br /&gt;
: Common occurences:&lt;br /&gt;
: Wikipedia&amp;#039;s article titles are case-sensitive, except for the first letter of the article, which always appears as a capital letter. Also, according to [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]], except for compound proper nouns (such as &amp;quot;New York City Police Department&amp;quot;) only the first letter of the first word in section headings should be capitalized.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cap throughout this section for consistency&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;caps &amp;quot;NATO&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;uc toys in the list that have proper (not generic) names&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lc rest of title, per MOS&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Cleanup ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cl&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cleanup&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made some general &amp;#039;tidying-up&amp;#039; edits.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required&lt;br /&gt;
: Useful when making many different kinds of small changes in a single edit.&lt;br /&gt;
: Commonly includes:&lt;br /&gt;
:* small formatting fixes&lt;br /&gt;
:* spelling and grammar fixes&lt;br /&gt;
:* markup fixes&lt;br /&gt;
:* other such minor edits&lt;br /&gt;
{{Back to contents}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Copy edit ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;copyedit, cpyed, ced, c/e, ce, mce&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have done miscellaneous [[WP:COPYEDIT|copy editing]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is encouraged that you specify the changes.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;copyedit: major reorganization, left original text&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cpyed: from &amp;#039;Tell Joe and I to ...&amp;#039; to &amp;#039;Tell Joe and me to ...&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;It took 4 years to build...&amp;#039; -&amp;gt; &amp;#039;It took four years to build...&amp;#039; (per MOS)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Correction ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cr&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made one or more [[WP:COPYEDIT|copy editing]] corrections.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Often used when correcting one&amp;#039;s own edits, or when correcting obvious mistakes.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cr my punctuation on previous edit&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cr two instances of &amp;quot;were&amp;quot; -&amp;gt; &amp;quot;where&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cr after session failed&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Creation of a new article ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;creation, new&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have created a new article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[remarks or requests]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: If there are remarks you wish to make, add them after two single dashes (-).&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;creation&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;new&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;creation – NPOV check please&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;new – NPOV check please&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Disambiguation ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;See [[#Removal of ambiguity|Removal of ambiguity (on this page)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Edit that is explained on the article&amp;#039;s talk page ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;see Talk, see talk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have discussed or explained this edit on the article&amp;#039;s [[wikipedia:talk page|Talk page]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;see Talk for rephrased second paragraph&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;see talk re: columns (necessary?)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Formatting ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fm, fmt, frmt, formatting, MoS, mos, MOS, wf, wfy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have applied or adjusted formatting to this article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fm per MOS&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fmt for consistency&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;frmt contents of column 2 for clarity&lt;br /&gt;
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== Grammar ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;gm, gr, grmr&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have fixed the grammar of one or more sentences.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;gm last sentence&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;gr throughout&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;grmr in photo caption for clarity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Headers ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;head, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have fixed the header markup or changed the header wording.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;head cap&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;h2 repl ft &amp;quot;North America&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;United States&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;h3 added &amp;quot;above sea level&amp;quot; to parallel h2 &amp;quot;below sea level&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Common occurrence:&lt;br /&gt;
: This is often seen when an article has been incorrectly laid out with &amp;quot;level 3&amp;quot; headers at the top level (i.e.,&amp;amp;nbsp;===&amp;amp;nbsp;text&amp;amp;nbsp;===) instead of &amp;quot;level 2&amp;quot; headers (i.e.,&amp;amp;nbsp;==&amp;amp;nbsp;text&amp;amp;nbsp;==).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Last good version ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|#Revert}}&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;LGV, lgv&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: The last good version of the article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required.&lt;br /&gt;
: Most often used with &amp;#039;&amp;#039;revert&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Links: external ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|#Links: internal}}&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;EL, xl, ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, ext link, ext links, el, URL, http&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have added or removed an external link.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[URL/ URL name]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary)&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;EL National Tractor Association&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+xls: national union websites&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;added ext lnk [http://www.theshepherdmagazine.com/ The Shepherd (magazine)] (for its numerous resources)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rm ext 2 most recent links (too broad for this article)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Links: internal ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|#Links: external}}&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lks&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;link&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;links&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lnk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ln&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wikilink&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wl&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;dl&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have created or removed a link from this Wikipedia article to another one.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Wikipedia article name]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Wikipedia article name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;[[&amp;amp;nbsp;]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lk: &amp;#039;Train&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lks: &amp;#039;snow&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;hail&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+wl in list: &amp;#039;Train&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;lnks for all State names&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+lnk in list: &amp;#039;Train&amp;#039; (after disambig) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wikilink &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[train]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; (new article)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Links: interwiki ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;iwk, iw&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I added one or more interwiki links to this page.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{Interwiki link name}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Interwiki link name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in curly brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;{{&amp;amp;nbsp;}}. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful when the link is to a new material, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in viewing it.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;iw: {{Wikiquote:Rabbits}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+iwks: {{Wikiquote:Politics}} and {{Wikiquote:Feminism}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rem iw for pictures (too broad)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;added wikilink &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{Wikipedia books|Soap}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; (new material)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Manual of Style ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|#Formatting}}&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MOS&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made edits to conform to the Wikipedia [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required&lt;br /&gt;
: Used with other edit summary elements.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Merge ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mrg, mrgd, merged in&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have merged one or more other articles into this article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Wikipedia article name]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Wikipedia article name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;[[&amp;amp;nbsp;]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mrg: &amp;#039;USA&amp;#039; &amp;amp; &amp;#039;United States of America&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mrgd: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[USA]] and [[United States of America]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;merged in &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[sheepherding]] and [[droving]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; (after consenus, see Talk)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Miscellaneous ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;See [[#Tweaks|Tweaks (on this page)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Move ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|#Merge}}&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have moved one or more portions of the article to another location within the same article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the new and old locations]&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv for clarity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv last sentence of first paragraph to start of second paragraph&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv ft &amp;quot;in the last decade&amp;quot; to start (per consensus, see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: May also mean &amp;quot;I have added some material that comes from another article&amp;quot; but in that case &amp;#039;&amp;#039;merge&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is preferred.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv to &amp;#039;United States&amp;#039; (mrgd)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mv from &amp;#039;America&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthiness ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;nn&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: Non-noteworthy text.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rmv nn cat video sentence&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Null edit ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;null, nx, ø&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made a null or [[Help: Dummy edit|dummy edit]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required&lt;br /&gt;
: Although no change was made, the edit window was opened and the page re-saved.&lt;br /&gt;
: This is occasionally necessitated by non-automated changes, such as those to templates included in the page.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Organization==&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;org, reorg, order&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have changed the order of sections or otherwise altered the organization (as opposed to the text) of the page.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a description of the organization in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;org History section by decade&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;order paragraphs: sequential&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Original research ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;OR, NOR&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the Wikipedia [[WP:NOR|no original research]] policy.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;del OR &amp;quot;subatomic particles&amp;quot; per policy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;NOR: revert &amp;quot;Causation&amp;quot; section to lgv&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Point of view ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;POV, NPOV&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the Wikipedia [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]] policy.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;del POV: ft &amp;quot;I hate cat videos&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;NPOV: revert &amp;quot;Theories of causation&amp;quot; section to lgv&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Punctuation ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;punc&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;punct&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;pct&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made edits to rectify [[punctuation]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;punc ft &amp;quot;three cat video&amp;#039;s worth&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; -&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;three cat videos&amp;#039; worth&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;pct: del excessive commas (for flow)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Recategorization ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;re-cat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;recat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made changes to one or more pre-existing category links.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Category:Category name]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Category name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encourage):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;[[&amp;amp;nbsp;]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;re-cat &amp;#039;America&amp;#039; to &amp;#039;North America&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;recat &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Category:America]] to [[Category:North American]] &amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;per consensus (see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Redirect ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;REDIRECT,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rd,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;redir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have made this article redirect to another article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Wikipedia article name]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Wikipedia article name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;[[&amp;amp;nbsp;]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;REDIRECT &amp;#039;Cats&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Cats]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;redir &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Droving]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;to &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Sheepherding]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; (new article)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ref&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;refs&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I added or fixed one or more source citations.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[a description of which reference]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ref distance to the Moon&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;+ref: cost of a gallon of milk (received consensus on source, see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fixd ref Rothlisber: date of publication&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Removal of ambiguity ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;disambiguation, disambig, disamb, disam, dab, byp disambig&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I changed a wikilink to point to the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation page]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Wikipedia disambiguation page name]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;Wikipedia disambiguation page name&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets&amp;amp;nbsp;[[&amp;amp;nbsp;]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (&amp;#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;disambig &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Arm]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;disamb &amp;#039;Shadow&amp;#039; (new page)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;dab &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[[Shadow]]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; (new page)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Removal of text ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-, rm, rmv, remove, del&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have removed some text from the article.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-cat video sentence&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;remove ft &amp;quot;Cat videos are artistic&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;del paragraph 3: too broad for this article&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Reply ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;reply, rep, re, r&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;amp;thinsp; (&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Note:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is also used as [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend#Revert|Revert]], so &amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is preferred here.)&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I have replied to another editor&amp;#039;s comment.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;reply agreement&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;r ft &amp;quot;I wholeheartedly agree.&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rep limiting the scope of this discussion (see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Revert ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;revert, rev, rv, r&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;amp;thinsp; (&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Note:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is also used as [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend#Reply|Reply]], so &amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;v&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is preferred here.)&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I [[wikipedia:revert|reverted]] this article to a previous edit.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;revert accident&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rv blanking (vandalism?)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rv: changes by [[User:Second user]] to last version by [[User:First user]]; see talk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rvs&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rv/s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (spam)&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rvt&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rvte&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (test edit)&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rv unexpl del&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (unexplained deletion)&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rvv&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rv/v&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (vandalism) (Note: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rvv&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in some fonts looks very similar to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;rw&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sandbox ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;sandbox,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sandbox&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I made an edit to the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: none required&lt;br /&gt;
: This is especially useful information for Wikipedians checking the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]], who may wish to ignore such changes.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Snap double redirect ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;snap dbl rdr&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fix redir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I turned a double redirect into a single redirect.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (required):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Spelling ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;sp, spl, spelling&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I corrected one or more spelling errors.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;sp throughout&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;spl &amp;quot;desparate&amp;quot; -&amp;gt; &amp;quot;desperate&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;spelling &amp;quot;colour&amp;quot; -&amp;gt; &amp;quot;color&amp;quot; (per MOS:ENGVAR)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Tweaks ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tweaks, tweak, twk, tw, misc, technicals, techs&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I made one or more minor copyediting changes.&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Includes:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* Making an article conform to the Wikipedia [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and to consensus&lt;br /&gt;
:* Removing stub messages&lt;br /&gt;
:* Adjusting categories&lt;br /&gt;
:* Fixing typos&lt;br /&gt;
:* Adding or fixing links&lt;br /&gt;
:* Adjusting the article&amp;#039;s layout&lt;br /&gt;
: More specific and useful edit summaries are preferred, but if that is not practical &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tweaks&amp;#039;&amp;#039; may suffice.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Typo ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;typo&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;typos&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tpyo&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tpyos&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ty&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tyop&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tyops&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I fixed one or more [[typo]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;typo &amp;quot;errror&amp;quot; -&amp;gt; &amp;quot;error&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;typos in last sentence&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tyop (my own error)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== User experienced edit conflict ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(ec), e/c, or (e/c)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: An edit conflict was experienced.&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text: non required; when adding a comment, users can prefix their comment with the {{tlx|ec}} template to indicate this.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Whitespace ==&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ws&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Meaning: I made changes to [[Whitespace character|whitespace]].&lt;br /&gt;
: Secondary text (encouraged):&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[the reason or context for the change(s)]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Examples:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ws in column 3 for alignment&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ws: caption to image 7 (per consensus, see Talk)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Wikipedia:Glossary]] – general index of Wikipedia-internal jargon&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations]] – supplement on abbreviations and acronyms used in Wikipedia jargon&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Wikipedia directories}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wikipedia features|Edit summary legend]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wikipedia page history help]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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