Author: jylee
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I would like to request a feature that allows the history to be presented as
oldest first, instead of newest first.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
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What are you trying to accomplish?
Might it be better to keep ordering consistent, but allow to jump immediately to
the earliest edits for a given page?
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jylee wrote:
(In reply to comment #1)
What are you trying to accomplish?
Might it be better to keep ordering consistent, but allow to jump immediately to
the earliest edits for a given page?
Currently, there is no fast way to query the creator of an article with an
extensively long history. I just thought that if one can reverse the ordering
of the history, it solves that problem and adds another feature.
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"Adding features" is not a goal that should be followed for its own sake; features introduce complexity and bugs.
I can't think of any use for flipping the viewable order around. Skipping directly to the oldest entries sounds useful.
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gangleri wrote:
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Skipping directly to the oldest entries sounds useful.
"Status" and "resolution" contradict Brion's statement.
I see a need for *alternative* order at many queries. This (history) is only one
of them.
Regards Reinhardt
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gangleri wrote:
(In reply to comment #2)
Currently, there is no fast way to query the creator of an article with an
extensively long history.
available with &go=first&action=history see
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia&go=first&action=history