On 07/23/04 13:33, Timwi wrote:
zero 0000 wrote:
> David's idea [of adding a textbox for an edit
summary to the
> "rollback" feature] is something I decide (but never get around) to ask
> for every time I use the rollback feature. It would make the
> feature much more flexible and also make us sysops look a bit less
> like a lot of cold bastards who can't be bothered explaining why they
> are reverting something. So I would like to ask the developers to
> please consider this. Thanks muchly.
While I sympathise with your thinking, from a
development point of view
it seems redundant. If you want an edit summary field, you can always
revert the non-sysop way. The rollback link is so powerful because it is
just that -- a link -- and because such a link can be placed in lots of
places (recent changes, user contribs, diffs, etc.). Text boxes for an
edit summary would clutter up all these pages, or you would have an
extra pageview for the text box, which defeats the purpose of the quick
& easy rollback link, and you might just as well use the non-sysop way.
Er. You are indeed correct.
- d.