Last modified: 2011-04-14 15:11:56 UTC
This is a derivative of bug #7900, and apparently more practical. The request is that in the History page of an article, consecutive edits from the same user can be merged and displayed as a single user-edit segment to make the History page much cleaner, and easier to navigate. When a user-edit is viewed it will show only the most recent edit in that user-edit series. The motivation behind this is that people often don't use the preview feature, or they change their mind about an edit after commiting it, but still before another user edits the article seperately. When browsing the history of an article, you usually see edits in sequences of 2-5 from the same author, each being a minor change, like a single word exchanged for one more descriptive, or a simple typo which went unnoticed.
This feature may be handy, also in fighting vandalism. It would group the edits of one user into one group, which is easier to revert, Now one has to browse back to the first edit, and then revert that edit. I would like to see this feature combined with a similar system on a users contributions list, where consecutive edits to the same article are also grouped.
(In reply to comment #1) > This feature may be handy, also in fighting vandalism. It would group the edits of one user into one > group, which is easier to revert, Now one has to browse back to the first edit, and then revert that > edit. Technically a separate request, since it's not "roll back the last change" but "roll back to this version". > I would like to see this feature combined with a similar system on a users contributions list, > where consecutive edits to the same article are also grouped. Separate request.
Although merged visually, you should still be able to "expand" the merged edits and view each one individually. The diff engine can't really handle that much, so I often make lots of smaller edits in a row that I know it will be able to display in a readable way. (Moving one paragraph to another position in its own edit, etc.)
