[WikiEN-l] Most useless edit summary ever?

[Steve Bennett]

On 10/19/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
> Does it make sense to give a 37 keystroke explanation for a minor
> one-keystroke change?
>
>
Maybe - it would be a fallacy to assume that it doesn't. Think of these
scenarios:
- Your 3 second change with no edit summary causes 10 other editors to spend
5 seconds each checking your change. Could be avoided by spending 5 seconds
typing a summary.
- Your 3 second change causes a flamewar because someone thinks you're
picking on them.
- Your 3 second change gets reverted, because the next editor can't
understand it and think you're vandalising.

etc etc.

For every change you make, there are reactions taking place that you may not
be aware of.

Steve