Pending Changes enwiki trial/Reversion collapsing
Solution[edit]
Note that the two revisions in the diff example above (diff=378780503&oldid=378261233) are identical, which could be easily verified with an MD5 checksum of the text.
One general improvement we could make the history is to optionally collapse long stretches of reversions. Â So, in the case of The Beatles article above, instead of seeing this:
- (cur | prev) 14:37, 16 August 2010 Mclay1 (talk | contribs) m (135,528 bytes) (âExternal links) (undo)
- (cur | prev) 17:55, 14 August 2010 Yousou (talk | contribs) (135,560 bytes) (Undid revision 378906775 by 75.28.163.61 (talk)) (undo)
- (cur | prev) 17:52, 14 August 2010 75.28.163.61 (talk) (135,899 bytes) (âEvents leading up to final tour) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 04:15, 14 August 2010 Nofoolz (talk | contribs) (135,560 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 04:09, 14 August 2010 174.115.162.100 (talk) (135,582 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 04:07, 14 August 2010 125.60.248.136 (talk) (135,560 bytes) (âEvents leading up to final tour) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 21:49, 13 August 2010 Rodhullandemu (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (Reverted edits by Foofinshoe (talk) to last version by Rodhullandemu) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 21:48, 13 August 2010 Foofinshoe (talk | contribs) (135,540 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 17:57, 13 August 2010 Rodhullandemu (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (Reverted edits by 220.255.54.79 (talk) to last version by PiRSquared17) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 17:56, 13 August 2010 220.255.54.79 (talk) (135,542 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 17:54, 13 August 2010 PiRSquared17 (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (Reverted edits by 220.255.54.79 (talk) to last version by Skysmith) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 17:53, 13 August 2010 220.255.54.79 (talk) (135,535 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 15:18, 13 August 2010 Skysmith (talk | contribs) (135,537 bytes) (discuss this in the talk page first.) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 15:09, 13 August 2010 67.84.9.155 (talk) (135,637 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 15:08, 13 August 2010 67.84.9.155 (talk) (135,634 bytes) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 06:01, 13 August 2010 PL290 (talk | contribs) (135,537 bytes) (Undid revision 378639914 by Fsuseminole17 (talk)) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 01:46, 13 August 2010 Fsuseminole17 (talk | contribs) (135,572 bytes) (âMagical Mystery Tour, White Album and Yellow Submarine) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 13:54, 12 August 2010 DC (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (Reverted edits by 124.168.232.189 (talk) to last version by SieBot) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 13:53, 12 August 2010 124.168.232.189 (talk) (135,540 bytes) (Fixed Spelling.) (undo)
- (cur | prev) Â 22:45, 10 August 2010 SieBot (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (robot Adding: zu:The beatles) (undo)
...one would see this:
- (cur | prev) 14:37, 16 August 2010 Mclay1 (talk | contribs) m (135,528 bytes) (âExternal links) (undo)
- (4 revisions not shown)
- (cur | prev) Â 04:07, 14 August 2010 125.60.248.136 (talk) (135,560 bytes) (âEvents leading up to final tour) (undo)
- (13 revisions not shown)
- (cur | prev) Â 22:45, 10 August 2010 SieBot (talk | contribs) m (135,537 bytes) (robot Adding: zu:The beatles) (undo)
The text "4 revisions not shown" would be a hyperlink that would expose the collapsed revisions. The revisions would still be available for everyone to view; they just wouldn't be given the same level of visibility as revisions that had a more lasting effect on the current article.