The lack of historical changes in an edit summary is a critical issue if we are going to enable modification of them.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: > I disagree. There is no "chain" made of summaries. They are just a > text in a table that can be altered. It's just that there is no > feature which would allow that. > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Its the same reason you cannot go back and modify changes to a revision. > > Subsequent changes create new revisions, because edit summaries are not > > versioned its not possible to change them and maintain the chain > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < > > amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > > >> In Facebook it's possible to edit posts and comments after posting > after a > >> lot of users asked for it. > >> > >> Why isn't it possible to change MediaWiki edit summaries after posting? > >> > >> I tried looking for it in Bugzilla; I expected to find a two-digit bug > for > >> it, but I couldn't find any at all. Of course it's possible that I > didn't > >> look well enough. > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary just says that they > can't > >> be changed, but doesn't link to a discussion. > >> > >> So is there any reason not to do it? > >> > >> -- > >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com > >> “We're living in pieces, > >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
