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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#51: Aug 25th 2011 at 5:19:44 PM

The new system saves all versions of the article. Unless, that is, a mod decides that there is nothing useful in a certain version. That useless version can be discarded.

The new system is available to the mods right now, so we can see what issues there might be. One thing we've learned is that the visibility of a version change should be higher.

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Unknownlight Since: Aug, 2009
#52: Aug 25th 2011 at 5:26:59 PM

Border the edit in red on the history page?

abstractematics Since: May, 2011
#53: Aug 29th 2011 at 8:47:02 PM

I'm happy to hear this. Since the nature of wiki is free editing, it's essential to keep track.

Now using Trivialis handle.
SilentReverence adopting kitteh from 3 tiles right 1 tile up Since: Jan, 2010
adopting kitteh
#54: Aug 30th 2011 at 9:28:32 AM

All revisions?

The new system saves all versions of the article. Unless, that is, a mod decides that there is nothing useful in a certain version. That useless version can be discarded.
Funny that it's Fast Eddie who talks about that... I can already see with that system that certain entries and contents that are of the dislike of the Fast One will never have been there.

For it to be a fair system it has to be all or nothing, or an history of what is being retgoned (which kinda breaks the purpose, yeah...).

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#55: Aug 30th 2011 at 9:32:18 AM

You obviously haven't been involved in a vandal cleanup.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#56: Aug 30th 2011 at 9:44:32 AM

There's no point in keeping a version that consists of someone replacing the whole page with "Go suck cocks" or of someone replacing all instances of "ing" with "baba".

CrypticMirror Cryptic Mirror from Scotland Since: Jan, 2001
#57: Aug 30th 2011 at 9:56:35 AM

[up]I do agree entirely with this. However, remember the custom title issue. Created to kill ptitles, but soon had mission creep to force renames. Which Was Not Popular. Doing clear up the hard way is probably the only way to assuage fears that there won't be another repeat of that.

edited 30th Aug '11 9:59:53 AM by CrypticMirror

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#58: Aug 30th 2011 at 10:28:19 AM

Can't the history be preserved with certain edits (say, vandalism), being impossible to revert back to?

Unknownlight Since: Aug, 2009
#59: Aug 30th 2011 at 10:33:23 AM

[up][up] How can deleting vandalism become a repeat of the custom-title renaming issue? They're completely different things.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#60: Sep 13th 2011 at 8:04:11 PM

So how's the process of working this out going?

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KrisMahai Hm? Since: Jan, 2013
Hm?
#61: Sep 13th 2011 at 8:36:42 PM

Mods have it currently. Regular users aren't getting it for a while. Or possibly ever. I'm not really clear on that one.

edited 13th Sep '11 8:37:12 PM by KrisMahai

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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