Diffs have the potential to be/mark historic moments.
"Historic" in the sense that a diff can mark an important milestone to:
- An **individual person** and their journey as a Wikimedian volunteer [i]
- A **project's** evolution and its goal of providing everyone access to the sum of all human knowledge [iii]
- A **group of people** and the mistreatment they have endured being documented within a nation's legal canon [iv]
This task represents the work of:
1) Making diffs more obviously shareable
2) Making diffs more engaging and legible to people who are encountering them //off// of a Wikimedia wiki (e.g. on a messaging service like WhatsApp or Telegraph, a social media service like Twitter, etc.)
=== References
- [The Twitter Wikipedia Link Dataset](https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.05848)
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i. Peoples’ first edit: [diff:List of Amazon products and services](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Amazon_products_and_services&diff=prev&oldid=835860012&diffmode=visual), [User:RobLa linking to their first edit on their user page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:RobLa&direction=prev&oldid=1063483382)
ii. A [TV show features](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/how-to-with-john-wilson-season-2-review-1235052364/#:~:text=His%20own%20story%20is%20situated%20more%20clearly%2C%20whether%20it%E2%80%99s%20introducing%20viewers%20to%20his%20embarrassing%20first%20film%20Jingle%20Berry%20%E2%80%94%20mentioned%20now%20on%20his%20Wikipedia%20page%20in%20an%20edit%20we%20watch%20him%20make%20%E2%80%94%20and%20his%20history%20with%20a%20cappella%2C%20which%20leads%20to%20a%20twist%20I%20wouldn%E2%80%99t%20dare%20spoil.) the main character [editing the Wikipedia page you wrote the first version of](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Wilson_(filmmaker)&diff=next&oldid=1042057966&diffmode=visual)
iii. //Citation needed of a diff that is significant to a particular project. I'm thinking of a policy change, establishment of a new guiding principle or value, etc.//
iv. [diff:Murder of Ahmaud Arbery](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Ahmaud_Arbery&diff=1073430103&oldid=1073427532&diffmode=visual)