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Visual diff - Suggestion: Show which template parameter changed in the sidebar

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197.218.83.122 (talkcontribs)

Issue

As a user, when I change a template parameter I expect to see the differences between the older version and the new version of the template.

Expected process

  1. Go to VisualEditor
  2. Click edit page
  3. Click the template "Wikimedia engineering project information" (infobox)
  4. Change parameter "Project name" from VisualEditor to TestDiff
  5. Click apply changes
  6. Click preview (e.g. alt + shift + v )
  7. Click Visual

Actual output

The message "template parameters changed".

Proposed feature (output)

Template paramters changed:

"project name" : "VisualEditor" -> "TestDiff".

Notes:

It would be nicer to show the changes annotated in the template, but this is understandably much more complicated to do.

ESanders (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Yes - a more detailed description is planned, hopefully incorporating TemplateData.