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==Dummy edit ==
A '''dummy edit''' is a change in wikitext that has little or no effect on the rendered page, but saves a useful dummy edit summary. The dummy edit summary can be used for text messaging, and correcting a previous edit summary such as an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see [[Help:Minor edit]]). Text messaging via the edit summary is a way of communicating with other editors. Text messages may be seen by dotted IP number editors who don't have a user talk page, or editors who haven't read the subject's talk page, if it exists. Each edit summary can hold 202 text characters. A dummy edit should be checkboxed "minor" by logged-in editors.
:Examples:
:*''Changing the number of [[w:newline|newline]]s in the edit text.'' Changing from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 (or vice versa) has no effect on the rendered page. Changing from 1 to 2 newlines makes a rendered difference that may not be a dummy edit. Adding newlines to the end of the article will not save as a dummy edit (see below).
== Null edit ==
A '''null edit''' occurs if a page save is made when the wikitext is not changed, which is useful for refreshing the cache. A null edit will not record an edit, make any entry in the page history, in Recent Changes, etc., and the edit summary is discarded.
:Examples:
:*''Opening the edit window and saving.'' A section edit save is sufficient.''
:*''Adding newlines only to the end of the article and saving.'' This is also a null edit.
==See also==
*[[Help:Category#A category tag in a template.3B caching problem|A category tag in a template; caching problem]].
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==Dummy edit ==
A '''dummy edit''' is a change in wikitext that has little or no effect on the rendered page, but saves a useful dummy edit summary. The dummy edit summary can be used for text messaging, and correcting a previous edit summary such as an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see [[Help:Minor edit]]). Text messaging via the edit summary is a way of communicating with other editors. Text messages may be seen by dotted IP number editors who don't have a user talk page, or editors who haven't read the subject's talk page, if it exists. Each edit summary can hold 202 text characters. A dummy edit should be checkboxed "minor" by logged-in editors.
:Examples:
:*''Changing the number of [[w:newline|newline]]s in the edit text.'' Changing from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 (or vice versa) has no effect on the rendered page. Changing from 1 to 2 newlines makes a rendered difference that may not be a dummy edit. Adding newlines to the end of the article will not save as a dummy edit (see below).
== Null edit ==
A '''null edit''' occurs if a page save is made when the wikitext is not changed, which is useful for refreshing the cache. A null edit will not record an edit, make any entry in the page history, in Recent Changes, etc., and the edit summary is discarded.
:Examples:
:*''Opening the edit window and saving.'' A section edit save is sufficient.''
:*''Adding newlines only to the end of the article and saving.'' This is also a null edit.
==See also==
*[[Help:Category#A category tag in a template.3B caching problem|A category tag in a template; caching problem]].
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