I would like to request the following to be improved on the Wikipedia
article history pages:
(observed w/ the English WP, things will likely be the same w/ other
languages)
Currently, all the article revisions are enumerated on the article's
history pages with "oldid" links
(example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?
title=Color_Graphics_Adapter&oldid=5312252)
-- EXCEPT however the newest revision! The newest revision is not
listed with its "oldid" link, but simply with the generic link to the
article, full stop
(example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Color_Graphics_Adapter).
This becomes a problem when ordinary users (like myself) want to
specifically link to THAT version of the article (which is currently
the newest).
I would like to find the "oldid" link of the newest article but I
currently can't (AFAIK).
One reason for someone (e.g. me) wanting to get the newest revision's
"oldid"-link could be: I want to email somebody and want to ensure
he/she won't be reading an article of "Bush is gaaaay" when they
retrieve their email and check out the link.
Currently, the only workaround (that I know) is making a trivial change
to the article, saving that and thus making the last "newest" version a
past revision which will be listed with an "oldid"-link.
Could this be changed, so that on the history list, the top/newest
link, too, would be the respective "oldid"-link?
(The link to the article tab should stay generic.)
It would really help a lot!
Many thanks in advance! :)
Thanks and regards,
Jens Ropers
There are two types of IT techs: The ones who watch soap operas and the
ones who watch progress bars.
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