diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTransaction.php b/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTransaction.php
index f83b1faf10..dc1030265b 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTransaction.php
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ final class ManiphestTransaction
     $new = $this->getNewValue();
 
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this task.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
+
       case self::TYPE_TITLE:
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/owners/storage/PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction.php b/src/applications/owners/storage/PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction.php
index 93ef9d419d..fa60a71adb 100644
--- a/src/applications/owners/storage/PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/owners/storage/PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction.php
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ final class PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction
 
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
       case self::TYPE_DESCRIPTION:
-        return ($old === null);
+        if ($old === null) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        break;
       case self::TYPE_PRIMARY:
         // TODO: Eventually, remove these transactions entirely.
         return true;
     }
+
+    return parent::shouldHide();
   }
 
   public function getTitle() {
@@ -60,6 +65,10 @@ final class PhabricatorOwnersPackageTransaction
     $author_phid = $this->getAuthorPHID();
 
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this package.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case self::TYPE_NAME:
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/paste/storage/PhabricatorPasteTransaction.php b/src/applications/paste/storage/PhabricatorPasteTransaction.php
index d6b962298b..1402f4c14c 100644
--- a/src/applications/paste/storage/PhabricatorPasteTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/paste/storage/PhabricatorPasteTransaction.php
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ final class PhabricatorPasteTransaction
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
       case self::TYPE_TITLE:
       case self::TYPE_LANGUAGE:
-        return ($old === null);
+        if ($old === null) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        break;
     }
     return parent::shouldHide();
   }
@@ -77,6 +80,10 @@ final class PhabricatorPasteTransaction
 
     $type = $this->getTransactionType();
     switch ($type) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this paste.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case self::TYPE_CONTENT:
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/phame/storage/PhameBlogTransaction.php b/src/applications/phame/storage/PhameBlogTransaction.php
index e7cf87a6f5..6a89b936f6 100644
--- a/src/applications/phame/storage/PhameBlogTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/phame/storage/PhameBlogTransaction.php
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ final class PhameBlogTransaction
     $old = $this->getOldValue();
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
       case self::TYPE_DESCRIPTION:
-        return ($old === null);
+        if ($old === null) {
+          return true;
+        }
     }
     return parent::shouldHide();
   }
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ final class PhameBlogTransaction
 
     $type = $this->getTransactionType();
     switch ($type) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this blog.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case self::TYPE_NAME:
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/constants/PhabricatorTransactions.php b/src/applications/transactions/constants/PhabricatorTransactions.php
index 1422f21081..172f80ba31 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/constants/PhabricatorTransactions.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/constants/PhabricatorTransactions.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ final class PhabricatorTransactions extends Phobject {
   const TYPE_TOKEN        = 'token:give';
   const TYPE_INLINESTATE  = 'core:inlinestate';
   const TYPE_SPACE = 'core:space';
+  const TYPE_CREATE = 'core:create';
 
   const COLOR_RED         = 'red';
   const COLOR_ORANGE      = 'orange';
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php b/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
index b628e1723a..2e96e60dd0 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
@@ -857,6 +857,12 @@ abstract class PhabricatorEditEngine
       }
 
       $xactions = array();
+
+      if ($this->getIsCreate()) {
+        $xactions[] = id(clone $template)
+          ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE);
+      }
+
       foreach ($submit_fields as $key => $field) {
         $field_value = $field->getValueForTransaction();
 
@@ -1647,6 +1653,12 @@ abstract class PhabricatorEditEngine
     }
 
     $results = array();
+
+    if ($this->getIsCreate()) {
+      $results[] = id(clone $template)
+        ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE);
+    }
+
     foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
       $type = $types[$xaction['type']];
 
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
index 074cf6efca..830a35ca44 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
   public function getTransactionTypes() {
     $types = array();
 
+    $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE;
+
     if ($this->object instanceof PhabricatorSubscribableInterface) {
       $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_SUBSCRIBERS;
     }
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
     PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
     PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
     switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return null;
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_SUBSCRIBERS:
         return array_values($this->subscribers);
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY:
@@ -371,6 +375,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
     PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
     PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
     switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return null;
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_SUBSCRIBERS:
         return $this->getPHIDTransactionNewValue($xaction);
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY:
@@ -422,6 +428,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
     PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
 
     switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return true;
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_COMMENT:
         return $xaction->hasComment();
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CUSTOMFIELD:
@@ -484,6 +492,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CUSTOMFIELD:
         $field = $this->getCustomFieldForTransaction($object, $xaction);
         return $field->applyApplicationTransactionInternalEffects($xaction);
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_BUILDABLE:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_TOKEN:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY:
@@ -534,6 +543,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CUSTOMFIELD:
         $field = $this->getCustomFieldForTransaction($object, $xaction);
         return $field->applyApplicationTransactionExternalEffects($xaction);
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDGE:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_BUILDABLE:
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_TOKEN:
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
index f3973f9213..715bd0f261 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
     // essentially never interesting.
     if ($this->getIsCreateTransaction()) {
       switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
+        case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
         case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY:
         case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDIT_POLICY:
         case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_JOIN_POLICY:
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
           if (!strlen($old)) {
             return true;
           }
+          break;
       }
     }
 
@@ -702,6 +704,10 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
     $new = $this->getNewValue();
 
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this object.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_COMMENT:
         return pht(
           '%s added a comment.',
@@ -918,6 +924,11 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
     $new = $this->getNewValue();
 
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created %s.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
+          $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_COMMENT:
         return pht(
           '%s added a comment to %s.',
@@ -1119,6 +1130,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
         // Make this weaker than TYPE_COMMENT.
         return 0.25;
     }
+
     return 1.0;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorEditEngineConfigurationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorEditEngineConfigurationTransaction.php
index 582dfb8179..da5f0520f6 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorEditEngineConfigurationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorEditEngineConfigurationTransaction.php
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ final class PhabricatorEditEngineConfigurationTransaction
 
     $type = $this->getTransactionType();
     switch ($type) {
+      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
+        return pht(
+          '%s created this form configuration.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case self::TYPE_NAME:
         if (strlen($old)) {
           return pht(