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**Author:** `avarab` **Description:** The history view should be changed to accommodate larger edit summaries: * The summaries should be truncated to some sane value and have a [show] link to view the complete summary (which would then change to [hide]) -------------------------- **Version**: unspecified **Severity**: enhancement

**Original author:** `avarab` **Description:** The history view should be changed to accommodate larger edit summaries. After T6714 was deployed, the English Wikipedia raised some [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Turn_off_extended_edit_summaries | concerns ]] ([[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/828375917#Turn_off_extended_edit_summaries | permalink ]]) about the new edit summary lengths. There are some cases where the full edit summary length was accidentally used, and this is cluttering the revision history ([[ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion&diff=828335644&oldid=828335481 | example ]]). Additionally, there are worries it could be intentionally misused, possibly as a venue for discussion during edit wars, for instance. A possible solution is to truncate the display only within the interface, and not the storage (props to @Legoktm for the idea!). A clickable/hoverable ellipsis "..." or something similar would reveal the full summary. This way everybody wins -- we can take full advantage of the longer edit summaries, and abuse and visual distraction will be minimized.

**A**Original author:** `avarab` **Description:** The history view should be changed to accommodate larger edit summaries:. * The summaries should be truncated to some sane value and have a [show] link to view the complete summary (which would then change to [hide])After T6714 was deployed, the English Wikipedia raised some [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Turn_off_extended_edit_summaries | concerns ]] ([[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/828375917#Turn_off_extended_edit_summaries | permalink ]]) about the new edit summary lengths. There are some cases where the full edit summary length was accidentally used, and this is cluttering the revision history ([[ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion&diff=828335644&oldid=828335481 | example ]]). Additionally, there are worries it could be intentionally misused, possibly as a venue for discussion during edit wars, for instance. -------------------------- **Version**: unspecified **Severity**: enhancementA possible solution is to truncate the display only within the interface, and not the storage (props to @Legoktm for the idea!). A clickable/hoverable ellipsis "..." or something similar would reveal the full summary. This way everybody wins -- we can take full advantage of the longer edit summaries, and abuse and visual distraction will be minimized.