Author: FT2.wiki
Description:
As the number of features grows, the list of logs at [[Special:Log]] has also grown. It currently includes some 18 logs with some omitted (oversight) and others proposed for addition (eg bug 17806). This availability of data is good but has a difficult side; users checking out editing issues now have to check several logs on any given point, to be sure they are seeing "the full story".
This comes to a head with deletion where a deletion might be in any of the delete, suppress, oversight, or (proposed) revdel, logs. Or indeed have actually been a page move, perhaps with move log redaction or username suppression.
I would like to suggest that the dropdown list of logs be enhanced, to help handle this.
Here are 2 ways this might be done in the interface. In the first, the dropdown box is still one long list, but has groups highlighted in the list. In the second, there is a dropdown for log category and then a second box to select the log (or "all") within that category.
As an aside, also simplify to "all logs"; if the user can't see a log, then just don't have the log listed or show results from it.
- ENHANCED DROPDOWN BOX - VERSION #1 ---
ALL LOGS
All local logs All global logs affecting the local project [ie global account, block, and rights logs]
ALL BLOCK LOGS
Global block log Local block log
ALL DELETE LOGS
Delete log RevDeleted log Suppression log
ALL USER ACCOUNT LOGS
User creation log User rename log User rights change logs
...etc
- ENHANCED DROPDOWN BOX - VERSION #2 ---
Type of log: Specific log
All logs Select from: All logs - All global logs - All local logs
Block logs Select from: All block logs - Global block log - Local block log
Delete logs Select from: All delete logs - Deletion - RevDeleted - Suppression - Oversight
User account logs Select from: All user logs - Creation - Rename - Local rights change - Global rights change
...etc
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement