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Bug 1821 - History reordering: Oldest first
History reordering: Oldest first
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
History/Diffs (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Lowest enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2005-04-05 04:08 UTC by Jason Lee, AllyUnion
Modified: 2011-03-13 18:04 UTC (History)
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Description Jason Lee, AllyUnion 2005-04-05 04:08:39 UTC
I would like to request a feature that allows the history to be presented as
oldest first, instead of newest first.
Comment 1 Brion Vibber 2005-04-05 04:52:48 UTC
What are you trying to accomplish?

Might it be better to keep ordering consistent, but allow to jump immediately to 
the earliest edits for a given page?
Comment 2 Jason Lee, AllyUnion 2005-04-05 21:26:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> What are you trying to accomplish?
> 
> Might it be better to keep ordering consistent, but allow to jump immediately to 
> the earliest edits for a given page?

Currently, there is no fast way to query the creator of an article with an
extensively long history.  I just thought that if one can reverse the ordering
of the history, it solves that problem and adds another feature.
Comment 3 Brion Vibber 2005-04-05 22:00:03 UTC
"Adding features" is not a goal that should be followed for its own sake; features introduce complexity and bugs.

I can't think of any use for flipping the viewable order around. Skipping directly to the oldest entries sounds useful.
Comment 4 lɛʁi לערי ריינהארט 2005-06-12 12:15:59 UTC
in reply to comment 3
> Skipping directly to the oldest entries sounds useful.

"Status" and "resolution" contradict Brion's statement.

I see a need for *alternative* order at many queries. This (history) is only one
of them.

Regards Reinhardt
Comment 5 lɛʁi לערי ריינהארט 2005-10-09 09:52:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Currently, there is no fast way to query the creator of an article with an
> extensively long history.

available with &go=first&action=history see
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia&go=first&action=history

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