Print a message if excerpt is empty after posts have been publish/update!

You could always use the has_excerpt() function to test for excerpt content and if it is not filled in you could display a message.

Example:

if( has_excerpt() ) {
    the_excerpt();
} else {
    echo '<p>Please enter the excerpt.</p>';
}

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