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* ''[[#The 250 character limit|Limited to 250 characters]]''. The edit summary box can hold one line of 250 characters. If you attempt to type or paste more, only the first 250 characters will be displayed – the rest will be discarded. For example, attempting to add 10 new characters (at the end or in between) to a summary already containing 245 characters will result in the first 5 new characters being inserted and the second 5 being disregarded. | * ''[[#The 250 character limit|Limited to 250 characters]]''. The edit summary box can hold one line of 250 characters. If you attempt to type or paste more, only the first 250 characters will be displayed – the rest will be discarded. For example, attempting to add 10 new characters (at the end or in between) to a summary already containing 245 characters will result in the first 5 new characters being inserted and the second 5 being disregarded. | ||
* ''Show preview''. The "Show preview" button also provides a preview of the edit summary to facilitate checking links. | * ''Show preview''. The "Show preview" button also provides a preview of the edit summary to facilitate checking links. | ||
* ''Can't be changed after saving''. After you save the page, you cannot change the edit summary | * ''Can't be changed after saving''. After you save the page, you cannot change the edit summary. | ||
* ''Doesn't appear in searches''. The built-in | * ''Doesn't appear in searches''. The built-in search function cannot search edit summaries, and they are not indexed by external search engines. | ||
* ''Wikilinks always rendered; other wikitext coding ignored''. Edit summaries render internal links, including | * ''Wikilinks always rendered; other wikitext coding ignored''. Edit summaries render internal links, including piped links, and interwiki links, even when enclosed within <nowiki><nowiki> and </nowiki></nowiki>. Therefore, copying wikitext in the edit summary box may be preferable to copying text from the preview, except when one wants to save space. Other wikitext coding is not interpreted. <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> has no effect, so do not sign edit summaries. | ||
===Places where the edit summary appears=== | ===Places where the edit summary appears=== | ||
