Index: modules/node/node.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/node/node.module,v
retrieving revision 1.761
diff -u -d -F^\s*function -r1.761 node.module
--- modules/node/node.module	26 Dec 2006 00:29:49 -0000	1.761
+++ modules/node/node.module	29 Dec 2006 12:23:30 -0000
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ function node_content_form($node) {
       '#title' => check_plain($type->body_label),
       '#default_value' => $node->body,
       '#rows' => 20,
-      '#required' => TRUE);
+      '#required' => ($type->min_word_count > 0));
     $form['body_filter']['format'] = filter_form($node->format);
   }