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Bug 16467 - Improve behavior of rollback if diff to last sighted version is from several authors
Improve behavior of rollback if diff to last sighted version is from several ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
FlaggedRevs (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Lowest enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
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Assigned To: Aaron Schulz
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Reported: 2008-11-26 23:27 UTC by P. Birken
Modified: 2011-03-13 18:05 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description P. Birken 2008-11-26 23:27:57 UTC
If you look at a diff to the last sighted version where several authors were involved, using the rollback button will revert the changes done by the last author and not mark the current version as sighted. This behavior is completely correct, since the edits by the other authors were not treated correctly. 

However, this should be improved. Either by showing a warning before using the rollback (should be done anyhow, but is not part of flagged revisions, I know) or by showing a warning after the "Rollback completed" page is shown. Maybe the last page could even redirect to the new diff to last sighted version?
Comment 1 Aaron Schulz 2008-12-02 23:24:38 UTC
The user should use Undo in this case.
Comment 2 P. Birken 2008-12-03 08:18:36 UTC
It is very difficult for users to change behavior, if they have no real chance of seeing that they did something wrong or even what to do about it. 
Comment 3 P. Birken 2008-12-19 21:20:09 UTC
There is another problem with this. If the last of several authors was a vandal, the rollback is the useful choice, but then the interface does not provide the user with a useful way of flagging. 
Comment 4 Aaron Schulz 2008-12-20 00:36:13 UTC
Both of the suggestions are too obtrusive/inconsistent I fear. There should be better ways to improve work flow.

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