What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" because this page does indeed show which authors and editors worked on the article. This would make it easier for people at the Esperanto Wikipedia to see if they trust the writers. For example, two of our most active Wikipedians have even written Esperanto grammar books, so people would know that what they've written is probably more authoritative than what others have written. Also, many newbies to Wikipedia don't realize how they can find the authors and editors of an article and this would make that clearer.
...if the people at the English Wikipedia don't like this idea, we could just change the translation of the Esperanto interface from "Malnovaj versioj" to "Auxtoroj/Redaktantoj".
Thanks, Chuck
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, [iso-8859-1] Chuck Smith wrote:
What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" because this page does indeed show which authors and editors worked on the article.
I would find that utterly confusing; I would expect such a link to show simply a list of individual editors, and would not click on it when trying to see what the last three changes were. But then, I preferred the original label, "History".
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, [iso-8859-1] Chuck Smith wrote:
What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" because this page does indeed show which authors and editors worked on the article.
I would find that utterly confusing; I would expect such a link to show simply a list of individual editors, and would not click on it when trying to see what the last three changes were. But then, I preferred the original label, "History".
I agree that "Authors" doesn't help much. I think a less ambiguous term like "Version history" would be best. Consider you're in an article about World War II which you found via Google -- now what do you expect to find behind a "History" link?
Regards,
Erik
Erik Moeller wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, [iso-8859-1] Chuck Smith wrote:
What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" because this page does indeed show which authors and editors worked on the article.
I agree that "Authors" doesn't help much. I think a less ambiguous term like "Version history" would be best. Consider you're in an article about World War II which you found via Google -- now what do you expect to find behind a "History" link?
lol! indeed! "page history" is probably clearest.
(Chuck Smith msochuck@yahoo.com): What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" ...
I believe it used to say "Article history" which would cover both uses. I don't when it changed.
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
(Chuck Smith msochuck@yahoo.com): What would you think of changing the text "Older Versions" to "Authors/Editors" ...
I believe it used to say "Article history" which would cover both uses. I don't when it changed.
It was changed by eloquence on November 12; according to his comment this was "as discussed on wikipedia-l". He made a message on November 11, saying he was making a number of changes, and asking for comments. From his proposals:
- "History" should be "Older versions" or "Page history" to be more
obvious. Most people are not familiar with the concept of article histories.
Andre Engels
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