Help:Dummy edit
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Not to be confused with a null edit.
For similar terms, see Wikipedia:Blanking.
See also: Help:Edit summary § Fixing
A dummy edit is a slight change in a page's wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page but allows an editor to save a useful edit summary. By contrast, a null edit—clicking "Publish changes" without changing anything—does not modify the wikitext, does not create an edit summary, and does not appear in the page's edit history.
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