Im not saying that it shouldnt be allowed, what I am saying is if we are going to brainstorm on the topic, these issues are the most obvious and critical problems. I saw scotts last email and think that given those limited constraints its possible without too much fuss.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:41 PM, C. Scott Ananian <canan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I think allowing post-facto modification of edit summaries in the very > limited case where the edit was done by the current user, the edit > summary is currently blank, and the new summary is non-blank could be > allowed with only small amounts wiki-burning. > > Review tools would have to be updated so that janitors can patrol the > newly-added edit summaries, since that might happen long after the > actual content of the edit was patrolled. And for a full log of > actions performed we'd need to record the timestamp of the summary > edit in a field separate from the timestamp of the revision itself. > > But that's a decent amount of work (and UI) to implement what is now a > very limited use case. > > Editing commit summaries works in git (and in gerrit) because there is > a clear boundary between "private work" and "published (merged) work". > I can rebase/edit the summary up until my work is published/merged. > > I think the wiki would be benefited by the adoption of more of these > git-inspired workflows... but that's a whole 'nuther discussion. > --scott > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > Mmm... the fact that something as odd as > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Dummy_edit even exists says something > > about the need for such a feature. > > > > > > -- > > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > > “We're living in pieces, > > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > > > 2014-11-13 21:06 GMT+02:00 James Forrester <jforres...@wikimedia.org>: > > > >> On 13 November 2014 19:04, Derric Atzrott <datzr...@alizeepathology.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > Am I missing something? I just tried making a null edit and it > didn't > >> > > change the edit summary. > >> > > >> > It doesn't change the edit summary; it was suggested you make a null > >> > edit, but leave an edit summary for that null edit. This way you > >> > can make an edit that only serves the purpose of saying "Hey the > >> > previous edit had a wrong edit summary, this is what I really did." > >> > > >> > >> A null edit doesn't save; you probably mean an inconsequential / trivial > >> edit, instead? > >> > >> J. > >> -- > >> James D. Forrester > >> Product Manager, Editing > >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > >> > >> jforres...@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > -- > (http://cscott.net) > > _______________________________________________ > 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
