Author: Dave
Description:
If user x saved both versions n and n+1 of a page, and if no other users have viewed version n, then the history page
that user x sees should have a delete link next to version n.
This feature would enable clutter reduction, saving user brainpower and saving disk space, and it would enable
embarrassment reduction.
Version: 1.7.x
Severity: enhancement
There's basically no such thing as an 'unviewed' revision; it will have been shipped out to bots, mirrors, backups, etc already even
in the unlikely case that no human looked at it yet.
Dave wrote:
OK, count those events you mention as views by another user, or ignore them with an option variable.
Wikipedia and some other mega-installations are of course the most important installations of MediaWiki, but the other 97.3% of
installations have no mirroring or replication. Bots are a nonissue because who cares if a bot picks up a version that goes stale before
someone gets to it via a search engine.
Also, I would like to strengthen this request: a view via the history page should not count.