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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{humorous essay|WP:ISIS|WP:EDITISIS}}<br />
{{nutshell|Avoid this disease!}}<br />
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[[Image:Edit Summary-2.png|right|thumb|150px|The edit summary; a daunting but rewarding task.]]<br />
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'''Editsummarisis''' or '''Editisis''' is a serious disease in which a user writes an unclear [[WP:ES|Edit summary]] (Strain A) or, even worse, leaves it blank (Strain B).<br />
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Sometimes, Editsummarisis is mistaken for "vandalism" in confusing edits, as people will be questioning the editor's motives. It is found that 25% of the sufferers of [[Wikipedia:Editcountitis|editcountitis]] are affected by the Editsummarisis virus.{{cn}} Unfortunately, it is [[Contagious disease|contagious]] as an [[WP:ADOPT|adopter]] could easily be infected by their adoptee.<br />
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== Causes/Symptoms ==<br />
[[Image:Influenza_virus_particle_color.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The editsummarisis virus under an [[electron microscope]]]]<br />
* Hurrying to get edits, a user leaves an edit summary blank. (B)<br />
* Forgetting or not caring. (B)<br />
* In a hurry, but less serious. A user writes a puzzling edit summary. (A)<br />
* '''Purposely (without any possible reason) leaves an edit summary blank.''' (A)<br />
* '''Leaving riddles to other users in edit summaries.''' <small>Do you think you are [[National Treasure (film)|Ben Gates]]?</small> (A)<br />
* Copying the "You have not provided an edit summary" message as a mini-protest to the WMF for requiring edit summaries. (A)<br />
* Writes a typo-heavy edit summary in protest (A)<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bolded the serious ones.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
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== Treatment ==<br />
[[Image:Brick wall old.jpg|thumb|Imagine the [[WP:ES|edit summary]] as a wall. You don't want to hit it don't you?]]<br />
{{main|Wikipedia:Clinic for Wikipediholics}}<br />
The treatment was found recently. The user must have a healthy [[WP:EPD|EPD]] level. This maintains blood pressure and [[WP:COOL|coolness]]. Next, the user must practice filling up LONG edit summaries. Finally, the user must abandon their long-held dream to become an admin.<br />
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