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Whatever you type into this box will show up on the ''[[Special:RecentChanges|New changes]]'' page, in the history of the page, and in the [[:metawikimedia:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Watchlist|watchlists]] of users who are watching the page. You can write up to 200 characters in the Change summary box. | Whatever you type into this box will show up on the ''[[Special:RecentChanges|New changes]]'' page, in the history of the page, and in the [[:metawikimedia:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Watchlist|watchlists]] of users who are watching the page. You can write up to 200 characters in the Change summary box. | ||
It is always good to write something in this box. This lets people know what you have changed. You can also say why you changed something. Some people use [[abbreviation]]s (making long words or phrases shorter) in their change summary. There is a list of abbreviations used on the [[:en: | It is always good to write something in this box. This lets people know what you have changed. You can also say why you changed something. Some people use [[abbreviation]]s (making long words or phrases shorter) in their change summary. There is a list of abbreviations used on the [[:en:Bharatpedia:edit summary legend|English Wikipedia's edit summary legend]] page. | ||
When this box is left blank, the change summary sometimes [[:en: | When this box is left blank, the change summary sometimes [[:en:Bharatpedia:Automatic edit summary|gets filled in by itself]], for example, it may say "Replaced content with (something)". This makes it very easy for others to see if a change is [[:en:vandalism|vandalism]] and [[:en:rollback|change it back]] at once. | ||