Since r104085 there's a tooltip on those numbers saying the total size of the page.

Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/65139 (Gerrit Change I9649b0edf33519b0f934ec1635438d14b4614a8d)

rohan.j.verma wrote:

I agree that using bytes instead of characters as a measurement is not clear for a lot of users. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65139/ Is a simple change I made containing two new messages and adding "characters less" and "characters more" to the tooltip when you hover over a green or red number in your watchlist.
(A note: jenkinsbot doesn't like this file, I dont think its me if so could someone confirm so I could clean it.)

Change 65139 abandoned by Siebrand:
(bug 34496) Added line to watchlist tooltip displaying the difference in characters more/less. This makes the user interface more user friendly not everyone knows that a character is one byte. - added temporary variable to reduce line length - removed whi

Reason:
I'm abandoning this as this change hasn't had any love in a long time. There are open comments and it doesn't merge any more. Can be restored if author wants to work on it again.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/65139

Is this task still open and has no conflicts with any other changes ? Asking because there hasn't been any activity for a long period of time.
I would like to work on it.