"David Levy" posted a comment on MediaWiki.r105280. URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/105280#c27795
Commit summary for MediaWiki.r105280: Diff colors now use the french Wikipedia scheme The french community has been using a specific set of colors for diff, it is believed to be easier to read for people perceiving colors differently. Source is from: http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=72567845&uselang=en This commit override r94429 / r94461. See also docs/uidesign/mediawiki.action.history.diff.html David Levy's comment: It's true that many users come and go, but that has no bearing on the ones that ''stay''. The longer a wiki exists, the longer its most experienced editors have been there. At a vast majority of Wikimedia wikis, those users are accustomed to the green background carrying a particular connotation in diffs. You appear to recognize the distinction between adjusting to something entirely new and adjusting to something old taking on a new meaning. Because the blue background is new to most of us, its inclusion isn't terribly jarring. Conversely, inverting the green background's meaning is ''quite'' jarring. I assume, as you state, that the same applies to editors of the French Wikipedia and the handful of other Wikimedia wikis that have adopted its diff code (most likely without regard for the coloration, as briefly occurred at the English Wikipedia in 2008). But it simply isn't reasonable to request that the vast majority of wikis bend to conform with a small minority. Keep in mind, however, that we're merely discussing the default. Irrespective of what decision is made, any wiki is free to retain/adopt custom code. If the default meaning of green is inverted, it's highly likely that the English Wikipedia and other wikis will switch it back locally. So either way, we won't have diff uniformity across 100% of wikis. (Of course, that's been the case for years.) But given the relatively small number of wikis using the French color scheme (some of which probably will keep their custom code), we stand to come substantially closer to attaining uniformity by retaining the longstanding default meaning of green (which most of the wikis have used for years). _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-CodeReview mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-codereview
