Last modified: 2014-04-26 06:42:35 UTC
As an extension to Bug 1085 ('Display size of changes every line in Special:Recentchanges'), change the way page character counts are displayed to reflect the type of edit made. The current system obscures whether the edit was a simple text addition/removal or if existing text was altered. Examples: Before: ...end of sentence. After: ...end of sentence. This is a sentence just added... Character change: (+30) Simple text addition. Before: ...end of sentence. Some dubious statement... After: ...end of paragraph. Character change: (-30) Simple text removal. Before: ...some tpyo... After: ...some typo... Character change: (0) Complex change Before: ...the man is a laureate... After : ...the guy is an a__hole... Character change: (0) Complex change with edit summary: 'fixed typo' **Looks like nothing really happened** One possibility would be to designate (+/-N) for simple changes, ((+N, -N)) for multiple simple changes, <+/-N> for complex changes, and <<+/-N>> for multiple complex changes, aka article rewrites. Or something like that that gives article reviewers more information at a glance. Thanks, George [[User:GChriss]]
Why would editors need this? Editors look after good or bad edits, but these different types of "complex" diffs cannot make such distinction. Besides, it would take a lot of extra space in the history. I believe this is a wontfix.
