https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30857
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Bug #: 30857
Summary: Requesting more user-friendly timestamps
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: sgard...@wikimedia.org
Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 9052
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How Facebook shows time and date
When I'm looking at edit histories, I often find myself wanting to know roughly
how long ago someone made an edit. Mostly because I am wondering if the person
is still around to talk with.
But, it takes me a split second to do the mental processing, because MediaWiki
just shows time and date. By contrast, when I'm on Facebook or Twitter or many
other sites, that processing is automated for me, and I see human-friendly
language like "7 minutes ago," "about an hour ago" or "17 days ago."
It probably makes sense for us to continue to show time and date, but I think
it would be helpful to add a notation on the changes that have taken place
within the past say eight hours, noting in human-friendly language how long ago
the edit was made.
The purpose of this feature request is to eliminate a little mental processing
on the part of editors, by automating it.
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