Allow people to add/edit editsummaries after the fact (Community Wishlist/W451)

Description

I think that writing editsummaries sucks. I think I can use some simple script to make an accurate prediction most of the time (if I edit a talkpage or a noticeboard I am probably adding or revising a comment). If I am actually doing something interesting I can just not accept the suggestion provided by the script.

For more complicated edits I can ask Claude to describe my edit for me using en:User:Polygnotus/Scripts/AI Editsummary.js

But LLMs are sometimes pretty slow, and I don't want to slow down my editing. So it would be cool if I could add/edit editsummaries AFTER the edit was submitted.

Assigned focus area

Unassigned

Type of wish

System change

Tags

Editing, Watchlist and recent changes

Affected users

all users

Phabricator tasks

T15937

Other details

Created: 22:06, 24 October 2025
Last updated: 09:15, 3 January 2026
Author: Polygnotus (talk)

Voting

This wish currently has 6 supporters. Voting for this wish is open until it is completed.

Supporters of this wish

Support Polygnotus (talk) 22:06, 24 October 2025

Support Like a 30 second window to correct any errors would be good Kowal2701 (talk) 16:34, 16 January 2026

Support Assume good faith and let people edit it. It's not gonna be used in a court of law. Ponor (talk) 18:45, 7 February 2026

Support Karol739 (talk) 01:05, 9 February 2026

Support With reasonable limits, like original author, short time limit, and no subsequent edits. Pretty sure I’ve used this workaround

Edit 1: Bad or missing edit summary
Edit 2: "Reverting to fix edit summary"
Edit 3: Corrected edit summary

— YBG (talk) 05:46, 6 March 2026

Support Airypedia (talk) 15:35, 2 June 2026