https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18883
--- Comment #18 from hpvpp <[email protected]> 2011-04-04 05:07:49 UTC --- (In reply to comment #17) > (In reply to comment #16) > > Imagine, if you will, somebody sending the related article to a friend who > > is > > busy and only looks at it some time later when meanwhile the redirecting > > page > > has received some proper content. The two friends might then happily > > discuss > > two very different concepts without being aware of it. > > Well, this is the nature of the beast. Content can and will change as time > passes. But the answer to that is to use permalinks (referencing the numerical > revision ID of the content) rather than a specific page title (redirect or > not). A link to a permanent revision ID is available from the sidebar. Using > it, you can be assured that you and your friend discuss the same content > (barring template changes, image changes, and/or the revision being deleted, > among other things). Really, well excuse me for being dense, but I was under the distinct impression that Wikipedia was to serve as (i) a general point of reference and (ii) a repository of current thinking. Using permalinks makes the information dated and potentially misleading. Furthermore, having to jump through hoops makes Wikipedia certainly less than user-friendly. If it is too hard, say so and post appropriate warnings on the relevant pages otherwise re-open this bug and hope that one day somebody comes up with a solution. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
