My english and History on the wiki

[Matt Galvin]

On 6/27/05, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently, Moin has 2 history-style functions.
> -Show Changes
> -Get Info
> 
> Matt and I chatted, and we agree that neither is very well named and
> that one single function, called History would be a much better
> option.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?

I like the idea. It does seem silly to have the 2 separate functions,
especially when if you want to see the diffs ("Show Changes") you can
do it from the "Get Info" page anyway.

Possibly this one "History" page would display the information in this order:

1 - Title - History for "WikiPageTitle"
2 - [Show "Revision History"] [Show "General Page Infos"] [Show chart
"Page hits and edits"] links
3 - Revision History section (while still having the diff button) (not
showing diffs by default, since this is not normally the first bit of
history most normal people (non-developers) generally care to see.
4 - The content of the page just like how the "Show Changes" page works.
4.1 - If a diff is selected to be viewed then this content section(4)
would be replaced (for page brevity) or preceded with the diff output.

Just my rough idea, not deviating to much from what is already
provided. Maybe only showing less info per page view so not to clutter
the page to much. Show only what is most relevant to the widest
audience, while having a few simple links to the more detailed history
data for those interested in it.

Matt G