[WikiEN-l] Most useless edit summary ever?

[James Farrar]

On 17/10/2007, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would not encourage your doing this. Sarcasm is difficult at best,
> and can really hurt--and edit summaries are very visible and almost
> impossible to modify.
> I know every time I   tried even mild sarcasm in any context the
> recipient has been offended--and I soon learned better--at least I
> hope I have not relapsed.
>
> The nature of edit summaries is rightly a frequent issues at RfA--not
> just whether someone is using them or not.

I don't consider RfA an issue to consider...