| Term | Abbreviated | Description |
|---|---|---|
| add | +, add, addition | Addition of something |
| alphabetization | alpha, abc | Alphabetization of a list |
| capitalization | cap, capital, cpt, lc, lcase, uc, ucase | Fixing of capitalization |
| category | +cat, -cat, cat, recat, re-cat | Addition, subtraction or fixing of a category |
| cleanup | cl, clean, tidy | Many different kinds of small changes in a single edit. |
| comment | cm, cmt, re | Addition of comment or reply |
| copyedit | cpyed, ced, c/e, ce | Copy edit |
| creation | creation, new | Creation of a new article |
| disambiguation | disambig, disamb, disam, dab, byp disambig | Addition of disambiguation or removal of ambiguity |
| duplication | dup, dupe | Removal of duplication |
| external link | EL, xl, ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, ext link, ext links, URL, http | Addition of external links |
| formatting | fm, fmt, frmt, MoS, mos, MOS | Formatting, per Manual of Style |
| short new text (full text) | ft | Addition of short new text, which is fully given in this edit summary |
| grammar | gr, gm, grmr | Fixing grammar |
| headers | head, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 | Fixing header markup or changing header wording |
| interwiki | iwk, iw | Addition of interwiki links (between Wikimedia projects) |
| links | lk, lks, lnk, ln, wikilink, wl | Addition of internal (Wikipedia) links |
| merge | mrg, mrgd, merged in | Article merge |
| miscellaneous | misc | Use only when a more specific and more useful edit summary is not practical. |
| move | mv, mov | Article move |
| null edit | null, nx, ø | Saving the page without changing anything, see Null edit. |
| punctuation | punc, punct, pct | Fixing punctuation |
| redirect | rd, rdr, redir | Article redirect. Specify what article it redirects to. |
| redirect fix | snap dbl rdr, fix redir | "Snapping" a double redirect: turning a double redirect into a single redirect. |
| references | ref, refs | Adding or fixing source citation. |
| remove/delete | -, rm, rmv, del | Removal of something |
| revert | rv, rvt, rvrt | Revert to a previous edit |
| talk | see talk | Explanation of edit on the article's Talk page |
| spelling | sp, typo, typos | Fixing of typos or incorrect spelling. |
| wikify | wfy, wky, wkfy | Formatting using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of Wikipedia |