[WikiEN-l] Most useless edit summary ever?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Thu Oct 18 18:19:16 UTC 2007


joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu wrote:
> For 
> example, if someones replace a comma with a period it is hard to see 
> that change just
> looking at the difs, even with the helpful colored differences displayed.
> However, an edit summary of "swap comma with period in 2nd sentence" or
> something like that makes it much easier to follow.
Does it make sense to give a 37 keystroke explanation for a minor 
one-keystroke change?

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