Do we need to fill in the edit summary when editing pages?
Personally, I'm unsure what's this used for. I know it may play a hand when doing rollbacks, but in most cases, aren't most edits self-explanatory?
Do we need to fill in the edit summary when editing pages?
Personally, I'm unsure what's this used for. I know it may play a hand when doing rollbacks, but in most cases, aren't most edits self-explanatory?
Is it required? Not if you're a 2k user, suggested edits do require one though.
Is it helpful? I think it is. It's a lot more relevant when you have a pretty significant change, whether or not it is obvious to see. Having that up-front message that tells exactly why you did the edit you did not only helps people understand why you did something, but also preps them for actually looking at the edit.
If one wants to be a helpful citizen and help save people time when evaluating changes, appendings, and other forms of revisions, then including an edit summary with every edit action is a pretty good thing to do in that direction.
I think the summary is helpful to explain why you edited something. But I generally leave it empty if it is obvious that I'm just cleaning up the post, or fixing grammar and typos.