Index: modules/node/node.pages.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/node/node.pages.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -p -r1.48 node.pages.inc
--- modules/node/node.pages.inc	30 Dec 2008 16:43:18 -0000	1.48
+++ modules/node/node.pages.inc	16 Jan 2009 14:45:33 -0000
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ function node_form(&$form_state, $node) 
     );
   }
 
+  // Display the name of the node type on the form if we are editing.
+  if (!empty($node->nid)) {
+    $form['node_type'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'item',
+      '#title' => t('Content type'),
+      '#markup' => check_plain(node_get_types('name', $node->type)),
+      '#weight' => -6,
+    );
+  }
+
   // Node author information for administrators
   $form['author'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',