I kind of like the idea, but this:
On Fri, 23 May 2014 18:24:51 +0200, Martijn Hoekstra <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I would be very reluctant about any change that might
cause a newcomer to edit a talk page and suggest a change (that probably nobody will read,
and if they do probably won't respond to) than just edit the page.
Such behaviors seem pretty likely to me (this would be caused by making talk pages more
visible – or more visible than article editing, even – not just by adding the number by
itself). It'd surely be interesting to actually test it :D
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Matma Rex