Problem: Include Dropdown list option for edit summary
Who would benefit: all editors, specially new editors, minor edits etc.
Proposed solution: right or left corner of edit summary field, an optional dropdown list can be included which will fill edit summary, insted of typing summary, it will alternately benefit new editors to understand how to fill the edit summary.
@Geertivp: I'm not sure I particularly care about / support this proposal, but on the question of possible benefit to those who would: The value could be summed up as simply the difference between typing 2 or 3 characters, and typing zero. (And if you still don't see any potential value, write a few edit summaries from a mobile device and get back to us...) -- FeRDNYC (talk) 00:31, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. On w:en I see canned edit summaries from IPs like "fixed typo" when what they really "fixed" was to change Ukraine to Russia (obviously Ukraine is wrong, must be a typo, yeah?) or "added content" Luke is a butthead. Not sure if there is an auto-fill option available to not-logged-in users, or they are just copying from the example text in the UI. If implemented, consider: adding a tag for "canned summary"; make options subtly different from the suggestions shown to anons (e.g. one could be "fixed typo" the other "fixed typo(s)", iOS has "Fixed typo" with a capital); make feature opt-in and for registered users only. Pelagic (talk) 22:12, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Second comment. We have several editing interfaces, some of them currently don't allow you to enter, change or even view the edit summary. If this was to be implemented, would it be done for all of mobile source, mobile visual, desktop classic source, desktop NWE source, desktop VE, etc.? Pelagic (talk) 22:12, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I am oppossed to the proliferation of canned edit summaries. It allows editors to be lazy and not communicate well, and our vandals to be sneakier. I use Chrome, and my browser already stores autocompletes of my most used edit summaries (and my frequent edit summaries are not something I'd expect to see in a list of canned summaries). CaptainEekEdits Ho Cap'n!⚓03:54, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Geert Van Pamel (WMBE)'s comments above. Good browsers already do this, and they do it based on what edit summaries you actually use, not ones someone else wants to put into a list, which may have jack to do with what your own editing habits are. — SMcCandlish ☺☏¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 06:13, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jax MN (talk) 18:44, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Neutral Per Geert Van Pamel (WMBE)'s comment. MarioSuperstar77 (talk) 18:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose I am oppossed to the proliferation of canned edit summaries. It allows editors to be lazy and not communicate well, and our vandals to be sneakier. I use Chrome, and my browser already stores autocompletes of my most used edit summaries (and my frequent edit summaries are not something I'd expect to see in a list of canned summaries). CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 03:54, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
22:54, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
