Wikipedia:Editsummarisis

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This page in a nutshell: Avoid this disease!

This disease is not to be mistaken for over-using edit summaries.

Editsummarisis or Editisis is a serious viral disease in which a user writes an unclear edit summary (Strain A) or, even worse, leaves it blank (Strain B).

Sometimes, Editsummarisis is mistaken for "vandalism" in confusing edits, as people will be questioning the editor's motives. It is found that 25% of the sufferers of editcountitis are affected by the Editsummarisis virus.[citation needed] Unfortunately, it is contagious as an adopter could easily be infected by their adoptee.

• Hurrying to get edits, a user leaves an edit summary blank. (B)
• Forgetting or not caring. (B)
• In a hurry, but less serious. A user writes a puzzling edit summary. (A)
• Purposely (without any possible reason) leaves an edit summary blank. (B)
• Leaving riddles to other users in edit summaries. Do you think you are Ben Gates? (A)
• Copying the "You have not provided an edit summary" message as a mini-protest to the WMF for requiring edit summaries. (A)
• Writing a typo-heavy edit summary in protest. (A)
• Writing a vague edit summary such as "Expanding". (A)

*Bolded the serious ones.

This treatment was found recently. The user must have a healthy EPD level. This maintains blood pressure and coolness. Next, the user must practice filling up LONG edit summaries. Finally, the user must abandon their long-held dream to become an admin.

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