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, 4 years ago→When removing information, leaving an edit reason is even more vital because of the following reasons:
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* It helps people to understand why the information was undesired in the first place. As in, if you are going so far as to remove information someone has taken time to share, it's only polite to tell them why. In the cases of things such as [[Natter]] and [[NSFW]] links, some new users may be genuinely unaware that [[Conversation in the Main Page]] or linking to a [[Image Board|Gelbooru]] pool (without labeling it NSFW) is unwelcome and unwanted. Leaving a polite edit reason linking to the page on the policy related to the removed material is a courtesy that may help them to become a productive editor.
* It prevents the information from being re-added, at least without a discussion. A removal without a reason (or with a rude or unrelated one) is an invitation to begin [[Edit War|Edit Warring]], especially for a newbie who doesn't understand how things work around here.
* It shows the removal to be in good faith, rather than a case of page blanking or vandalism or trolling (which are [[All The Tropes:How We Do Bans Around Here|grounds for a tempban]]).
* It documents what has been removed.
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