Module:Edit summary

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Implements {{EditSummary}}

Usage

to use on a template use: <includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#invoke:Edit summary|main|username={{{username|}}}|pagename={{{pagename|}}}|date={{{date|}}}|time={{{time|}}}|byte={{{byte|}}}|bytes={{{bytes|}}}|added={{{added|}}}|removed={{{removed|}}}|minor={{{minor}}}|}}|text={{{text|}}}}}</includeonly>

Parameters

username

• might be yours or someone's.

pagename

• the page where the edit summary is provided.

date

• date of the summary, {{date}} serves as default.

time

• time when the summary was provided

byte.

• 0 to 1 byte.

bytes

• more than 1 byte

added

• number(s) of added content to the page

removed.

• number(s) of removed content from the page

minor

• minor changes or live empty.

text

• the text provided at the summary, after the pagename.

You can know this at any history page.

How it looks like

02 June 2025
*  (16:06, 02 June 2025 Codemini (talk | contribs) . . (950 bytes) (+ 950) . . ( Module:Edit summary ) (created new module)

See also

• WP:Edit summary
• Help:History

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local p = {}
function p.main(frame)
args = frame.args
if args.date == '' then
	date = os.date("%d %B %Y")
	elseif args.date then
	date = args.date
	elseif not args.date then
		return ""
	end
time = args.time or ''
username = args.username
user = '[[User:'..username..'|'..username..']] ([[User talk:'..username..'|talk]] | [[Special:Contribs/'..username..'|contribs]])'
bytes = ''
if args.byte == '' then
	bytes = ''
	else
bytes = '('..args.byte..' byte)'
end
if args.bytes == '' then
	bytes = ''
	else
bytes = '('..args.bytes..' bytes)'
end
add = ''
if args.added == '' then
add = ''
else add = '<span style="color: green;">(+ '..args.added..')</span>'
end
remove = ''
if args.removed == '' then
remove = ''
else remove = '<span style="color: red;">(− '..args.removed..')</span>'
end
text = '('..args.text..')'
minor = ''
if args.minor == '' then
minor = ''
else minor = 'm . . '
end
page = args.pagename
return ''..date..'<br>* &nbsp;(' ..time..', '..date..'  '..user..' . . '..bytes..' ' ..add.. ''..remove..' . . '..minor..'( [['..page..']] )'..text..''
end
return p