Editing Help:Edit summary (section)

===Automatic summaries===
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In certain circumstances, an automatic summary is generated when an edit is published without one. This is slightly different from the summary added when editing a section, as that can be modified by the user before saving.

Except for the automatic summary when creating a redirect, which usually says all that needs to be said, these are not a substitute for a proper edit summary&nbsp;– you should always leave a meaningful summary, even in the above cases. They are, however, useful in providing some context for edits made by inexperienced users who are not aware of the importance of edit summaries, and for spotting vandalism.

When starting a new thread on a [[WP:TALKPAGE|talk page]] by using the "New section" tab, the text you type into the "subject/headline" field becomes both the heading of your discussion topic, and the edit summary for that edit.

====Tags====
{{see also|Wikipedia:Tags}}
Tags (i.e., edit tags) are brief messages that the software automatically places next to certain edits in [[Help:Page history|histories]], [[m:Help:Recent changes|recent changes]] and other special pages. They are implemented by the [[WP:FILTER|edit filter]] to help assist vandalism patrollers and other page watchers. They cannot be added or removed manually.