[WikiEN-l] Proposal: make summary mandatory

[Ray Saintonge]

tarquin wrote:

> Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 24 December 2002 16:53, Axel Boldt wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> I would like to propose that we make filling out the summary field
>>> mandatory on ever edit.
>>>
> I forget sometimes.
> It wouldn't be wise to trust what an unknown IP writes in the summary 
> -- any vandal could write "spelling correction" to fool us.

I like the summary line too, but I also often forget.  Making mandatory 
entries could just as easily lead to people entering useless entries 
like "comment" or a single random key stroke, just for the sake of 
fulfilling the requirement.

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