User:Hillelfrei/Tips for recent changes patrol

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These are three basic tips to easily spot unconstructive edits on Recent Changes. (Just because an edit meets one of these criteria does not necessarily mean it is unconstructive, but there is a good chance.)

The edit summary is "added content" or "fixed it" (or the edit summary is "fixed typo" but the editor added/removed content)
The editor added content with no edit summary and marked it as a minor edit
The editor removed a large amount of content with no edit summary (but make sure the content meets the sources before re-adding)