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Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. <!-- Template:Summary --> [[User:Mr Stephen|Mr Stephen]] 10:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. <!-- Template:Summary --> [[User:Mr Stephen|Mr Stephen]] 10:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

== [[Chris Zebrowski]] ==

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia; it is considered [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]. If you would like to experiment, use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. Thank you. <!-- Template:Test2 (second level warning) --> --[[User:82.35.102.213|82.35.102.213]] 10:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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Attention:

This IP address, 62.25.109.194, is registered to Energis UK and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking. In the event of vandalism from this address, efforts will be made to contact Energis UK to report abuse.

If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this need not necessarily be the IP address of your machine. In many cases, it turns out to be the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. Such proxies are shared among a huge number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular machine. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself.


Shared address & warnings

This IP address belongs to a major employer with 120,000 staff - apologies if an unknown colleague is misbehaving. --62.25.109.194 15:58, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quoted for emphasis. Posting warnings and angry comments is not going to have much effect on IP vandals (and pesters the thousands of non-vandals at the same IP. --62.25.109.194 16:36, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The warnings are unfortunately a minor nuisance compared to the problems caused by the repeated, widespread vandalism and spam coming from this address. Creating your own account is a simple way of avoiding being pestered by these warnings. If you could give us the name of the company in question, the people at WP:ABUSE could go some way to preventing further vandalism. Aquilina 16:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I concur; it would help a great deal if editors would create their own individual accounts so vandals and spammers could be identified and seperated much easily. For those who are making more positive contributions via this IP address, it would benefit you to get your own accounts anyway, as you get improved editing features, your own webspace amoungst other things etc.
I suspect that the vandal(s) opperating from this IP address may lead to this account being blocked in the next 24/48 hours, as the rate and seriousness of the vandalism and spam is escalating and the warnings are seemingly ineffective. Another instance and example of the type of vandalism hailing from this address includes this inappropriate edit to the Royton article, and this offensive edit to the Oldham page, amoungst the many examples on the page below.
Like Aquillina, I would urge the more sensible editors from this address to create their own accounts as being a major employer/shared address does not exempt you from the rules or the impending ban from editing. I hope this helps. Thanks for your time, Jhamez84 19:38, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. mensch 10:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest serious contributors get their own Wikipedia user name - it is very easy. -- Egil 06:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --Calton | Talk 14:11, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:27, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

Removed a good link from External Links of New Order... why? Spotnick

Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Thesquire 17:23, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello John

Ive found another way to avoid work

Hi

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.

dr.alf 10:36, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. -- Rhobite 19:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last warning about spam

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Rhobite 15:40, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Hello, I see that you keep editing the Chadderton page of Wiki, changing "Chadderton" from a town to a district. I am sorry to say but you are wrong and I have had to revert your article twice. Please use the talk page before making any more alterations. Thank you.

(Kevyinus 11:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Crompton was an urban district of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974 not an Urban District of Oldham Stop changing all the towns near Oldham to 'Oldham'. Numerous pages have been reversed. Know history before you change it. (One Pence 23:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]


I fully agree with (One Pence, and once again, on the 14th March several pages about small towns in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham have been changed to belonging to Oldham. This is incorrect. Please make yourself aware that Oldham like Shaw and Crompton lie within the Borough of Oldham, rather like Manchester and Tameside lie within Greater Manchester. Thank you for your co-operation.

February 6, 2006

  1. Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Tony Blair. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. --PeruvianLlama(spit) 11:42, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to President of the United States, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --PeruvianLlama(spit) 11:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --PeruvianLlama(spit) 12:04, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

March 2, 2006

Thanks for experimenting with the page Dick Cheney on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. —Wayward Talk 12:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the earlier vandalizm a few people will be watching every edit done from this IP - It looks though that there are more than 1 editor active. Maybe you could register so your edits would be seperated from each other. Agathoclea 17:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With regards to entering false information: Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Egil 06:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


March 14, 2006

As you have continued your recent editing pattern on articles related to Denmark and Oldham, despite repeated requests to quote sources or desist I am going to request administrator intervention immediately.

I have quickly counted fifteen requests to stop on this talk page, without reply or a change in behaviour. If a block on the ip is deemed justifiable, editors will have to register accounts to edit; hopefully they can then be held to account individually. Aquilina 20:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

March 17, 2006

Hi. Thanks for your recent edits to The Shamen. I've reversed two of the changes for reasons I've explained in my edit summaries, but everything else has been allowed to stand. I'd like to ask that in future you summarise your edits so that other editors can see at a glance what you've done. You also ought to consider getting an account (if you don't have one already). Here's the standard welcome message for anonymous editors:

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions.

Currently, you are editing without a username. You can continue to do so as you are not required to log in to Wikipedia to read and write articles, however, logging in will result in a username being shown instead of your IP address (yours is 62.25.109.194). Logging in does not require any personal details. There are many other benefits for logging in to Wikipedia. For now, if you are stuck, you can type {{helpme}} on this page and an experienced Wikipedian will be around to answer any questions you may have.

Please note these points:

  • Please respect others' copyrights; do not copy and paste the contents from webpages directly.
  • Please use a neutral point of view to edit the article; this is possibly the most important Wikipedia policy.
  • If you are testing, please use the Sandbox to do that.
  • Do not add unreasonable contents into any articles, such as: copyrighted texts, advertisement messages, and texts that are not related to that article. Both adding such unreasonable information and editing articles maliciously are considered vandalism. A user who repeatedly vandalises articles will be blocked from editing.

The Wikipedia Tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, ask me on my Talk page – I will answer your questions as far as I can! Thank you again for contributing to Wikipedia.

from Wikipedian: --kingboyk 15:42, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You left this link [1] at the Il Divo article, please stop adding nonsense to the Wikipedia. Rosa 01:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia, which you are more than welcome to do. --Mais oui! 11:39, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

March 30th

Read the warnings above. If you carry on reverting articles when you have been warned not to, will result in your IP being blocked from editing. At the very least, why not make your case on the talk pages for the articles? Leave a note on Talk:Chadderton as to why you feel so strongly it is not a town, and we will consider what you have to say.

With your edit history and the number of warnings you have above, people are regularly checking for your edits, and they will be immediately reverted unless you discuss them. So what's the point? Aquilina 16:35, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your edits on Scandinavian towns and football clubs - I assume you've got a source, as you're fairly systematic about it. The reason your edits are being reverted is that we need to know the source of the figures. If you tell us which source you're using, we can put your edits back in. Normally for population sources, we need detail of how the figures were produced (ie by conurbation/electoral district/governmental district/...) and preferably a page with a list of all the figures together - ie a "List of towns in Norway population" page. I think the current figures are based on the last census in those countries Aquilina 17:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You have been blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia for a period of 24 hours. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. If you are collateral damage of the block, e-mail me and I'll review. Talk to your network administrator about local measures to control vandalism. --Nlu (talk) 16:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit to Royton was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept our apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 15:07, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits to U2 and Steel City derby were unsourced changes to statistical information. Could you not change these figures unless a source is provided? Similar edits without sources will be reverted as possible vandalism. -- Chuq 13:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. --Kbh3rdtalk 14:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 2006

Hi. I've just had to revert a number of your edits: it's the accepted style on Wikipedia to only link to an article once from a given article, and never to link recursively (i.e. put a link X within article X) - have a look at WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOS - it's very useful.

Thanks for your contributions, Aquilina 13:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from removing content from Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Francis Crick. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Badgerpatrol 15:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Oldham

Your recent edit to Oldham was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 15:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop making edits to statistical data in this article without using a reliable source. RSSSF is a standard resource for editors interested in football statistics, and even the quickest glance at [2], [3] and [4] shows that your edits removed much correct information. Aquilina 11:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will repeat this comment made above, as it still applies:
Regarding your edits on Scandinavian towns and football clubs - I assume you've got a source, as you're fairly systematic about it. The reason your edits are being reverted is that we need to know the source of the figures. If you tell us which source you're using, we can put your edits back in. Normally for population sources, we need detail of how the figures were produced (ie by conurbation/electoral district/governmental district/...) and preferably a page with a list of all the figures together - ie a "List of towns in Norway population" page. I think the current figures are based on the last census in those countries
Aquilina 11:59, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for experimenting with the page Michelle Marsh (model) on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

Please be mindful that Royton is in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham - NOT the town of Oldham (they have their own seperate articles, and Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - not an address label).

We only write Royton, Oldham if we are writing down an address: just to generalise and shorten the writing process. However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia where you should present statements in a more factual and accurate manner, so you should really be writing: Royton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England.

Please do not alter the Michelle Marsh (model), or any other Oldham related article again to say Royton, Oldham... or Shaw and Crompton, Oldham!!

These smaller towns actually belong to the much larger Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (please look at the article and see for yourself!)- if you change the Michelle Marsh (model) page again you will be in violation of wikipedias rules (see 3RR for an explaination of this) and I will present your edits to a Wikipedia administrator who may find it nessassary to block you from Wikipedia. Consider this an explicit warning not to alter the page again.

My apologies for being so sharp and precise about this, but your constant and unexplained edits are not appropriate in this instance, and I am writing here to try to recify the situation. Thank you for your co-operation, Jhamez84 22:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. - Glen TC (Stollery) 09:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As your edits are often inappropriate and erroneous, I am keeping a close eye on your edits. I recently found you had inserted a Spam link to the featured article of Transhumanism which can be found here. This goes against strict wikipedia rules and will be removed. Your edits can and will be traced and reverted so please do not make this kind of contribution again or I will present your profile to an administrator who may block you from editing indefinately.

With regards again to Oldham articles, please stop changing pages regarding the satelite towns of Oldham, e.g. Royton, from saying they are in (the correct) Metropolitan Borough of Oldham to just the town of Oldham. This is wrong due to many reasons including legal status, wikipedias conventions of place naming, and of course FACT! That Royton is in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is NON-NEGOTIABLE - and you are not even justifying your contributions. Your edits are not appriopriate for Wikipedia in this instance. Consider this your LAST WARNING about this before I will present your profile to an administrator for vandalising these pages. You are however encouraged to make positive and encyclopedic contributions on wikipedia.

With regards to your commerical and non-sensical external links....

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

I trust this resolves the matter in a positive and conclusive way. Thanks for your future co-operation, Jhamez84 12:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Millwall F.C.. Bermondsey IS NOT Southwark. Please do not change this article again Lion King 11:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)P.S. This confusion on your part is, that both are in the London Borough of Southwark, but Southwark is a place in it's own right.[reply]

Regarding edits made during June 7 2006 (UTC) to Moorside

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. If this is an IP address, and it is shared by multiple users, ignore this warning if you did not make any unconstructive edits.

A link to the vandalous edit can be found here. — Super-Magician (talk • contribs • count) ★ 15:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Moorside, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. - Jhamez84 15:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome== ==Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and gives you many benefits, including:

We hope that you choose to become a Wikipedian and create an account. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have on my talk page. By the way, make sure to sign your posts and comments with four tildes (~~~~), which will let others know who left it. WinHunter (talk) 10:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding edits made during June 14 2006 (UTC)

Adding unrelated external links to articles is considered vandalism. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. If this is an IP address, and it is shared by multiple users, ignore this warning if you did not make any unconstructive edits. (ESkog)(Talk) 13:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. (ESkog)(Talk) 13:17, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to N-Trance, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Jhamez84 10:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Bolton Wanderers F.C., you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Emc² (CONTACT ME) 15:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. Jorcoga 13:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all, I've recently set up an account on here, thought it might be best as I've regularly been an editor on here, and dislike being banned for something that isn't my own doing! I contributed largely towards the Shamen article and have also been involved in the Oldham editing war! Thanks DShamen 14:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Stockport

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text or spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires. Welcome back to the land of the blocked. --Lord Deskana Dark Lord of YOUR OPINIONS 09:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to N-Trance, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Kedi the tramp 13:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Oldham

Your recent edit to Oldham (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 13:49, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Oldham was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

Additionally, do not make personal attacks to other users, such as you did here. Your editting pattern is testing the patience of the wider editing community. I have reported you for your violations. Jhamez84 14:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I MEANT WHAT I SAID, IF HE (AND OTHERS) DIDN'T KEEP BEING EDITING NAZIS THEN I WOULDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO BE ABUSIVE??

2 Unlimited

They are not a Belgian / Dutch band. They are a Dutch duo who happen to have Belgian producers. Jean-Paul de Coster and Phil Wilde are no more members of the band than Pete Waterman is of Steps. Please stop inserting incorrect information. Triangle e 16:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MORON... IT'S FACTUALLY CORRECT INFORMATION. DE COSTER AND WILDE ARE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. I SUGGEST YOU LOOK IT UP SOME TIME. IT'S NOTHING LIKE PETE WATERMAN WITH STEPS

lol - oh dear! Triangle e 14:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Paignton

The Paignton page is the latest target for this person with too little to do with his time. This user is a very poor advertisement for proxy IP addresses. --Ianmacm 18:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

looking at both Paignton and the revert on here I did earlier I fully agree --Nigel 18:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Paignton Page

You have recently vandalized a Wikipedia article, and you are now being asked to stop this type of behavior. You're welcome to continue editing Wikipedia, so long as these edits are constructive. Please see Wikipedia's Blocking policy and what constitutes vandalism; such actions are not tolerated on Wikipedia, and are not taken lightly.

We hope that you will become a legitimate editor. Again, you are welcome here at Wikipedia, but remember not to vandalize or you will soon be blocked from editing.

If you feel you have received this message in error, it may be because you are using a shared IP address. Nevertheless, repeated vandalism from this address may cause you to be included in any future sanctions such as temporary blocks or bans. To avoid confusion in the future, we invite you to create a user account of your own.

Nigel 15:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text or spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires. --Jay(Reply) 15:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maynooth College

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Djegan 21:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Djegan 21:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop.

You have been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires.

King of 22:00, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To the editor of George Galloway

You are right that some of the material in George Galloway needs better citation. But please also note the notice at the top of Talk:George Galloway about poorly sourced material that could be libellous. We have to take special care when posting negative material. See WP:BLP. Also, there was a clear anti-Galloway slant in the tone of your edits that was contrary to WP:NPOV. Also, the site from which you are editing is a multiple user site that has been blocked for vandalism. I am not stating that your edits were vandalism, but, if possible, it would be better for you if you registered as a user in your own right. Viewfinder 13:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please Use Edit Summaries

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

Edit summary text box

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. Mr Stephen 10:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --82.35.102.213 10:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]