https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34449
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Bug #: 34449
Summary: 1.19 change to display bytes added by [edit], as
opposed to total page size after [edit]
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.19
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
So, 1.19 means that page histories, instead of displaying the total size of a
page in rounded brackets by each edit, display the number of bytes added or
subtracted in the same way that Special:RecentChanges or Special:Watchlist do.
This is on occasion useful, but there are a lot of things that, communally,
we've built on the implicit assumption that an editor can easily see the total
size of a page. An example, on enwiki, is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SIZERULE#A_rule_of_thumb - the general
guideline rule of thumb for when a page has become Too Large, and should be
split. It's based around size in kb, and the 1.19 change means that can't
easily be found any more. Even on pages not ruled by this (talkpages,
ferinstance) it's still a useful rule of thumb. The only real alternative is to
wait until browsers start to lag before you do anything.
That being said, I find knowing how much was added/taken away to be really
useful. Maybe it should be (pagesize) +bytesadded instead of having to choose
between (pagesize) and (bytesadded).
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