Grants:IdeaLab/Edit merges
Edit merges
When users make multiple edits within a short time frame, the changes should be merged into a single edit for the sake of simplicity.
created on03:28, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 (UTC)
Project idea
[edit]What is the problem you're trying to solve?
[edit]Sometimes users will make multiple edits in a short time frame to inhibit article reversion, or to fix a typographical error. That causes extra workload in either case.
What is your solution?
[edit]The solution is to condense revision histories. If a user makes two edits within the same hour, the edits should then be merged. If a different user makes an edit in between the two edits of the other user, then the edits should not be merged.
Project goals
[edit]The goal of this project is to make revision histories shorter and easier to read.
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[edit]Participants
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]- There may be unforeseen difficulties with this, but it would sure be nice for watchlist RSS feeds... Junkyardsparkle (talk) 07:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Would be a really good benefit. Those kind of histories are really hard to read: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pong&action=history ; Moreover, vandalism made on several edits are harder to cancel than merged one. Ssx`z (talk) 08:20, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- less edits, less history, less space...great idea :) Triton (talk) 10:48, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- It Might create complications for example when a user has left 2 or more separate summaries for different controversial edits. Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Good idea Andthu (talk) 22:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Only merge sequential edits that lack an edit summary; never mark merged edit as minor. Swpb (talk) 22:24, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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