[WikiEN-l] [News Article] Wikipedia set for video explosion?

[Charlotte Webb]

On 11/20/08, K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Wikipedia set for video explosion?

As long as it's not a "fair use" explosion the glass windows won't break.

> According to CNet
> <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10103177-2.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea>,
> this could include picture editing software and allow users to modify images
> and see past revisions in the same way as they can the text.

There is a proposal to add an edit box and a diff view for .svg files
(which are stored in plain text) but it's been on the back burner for
2+1/2 years.

Obviously making bitmap/raster images editable and diffable in situ
would be significantly harder (and less likely to have a constructive
purpose) than doing so for svgs, so I'll believe it after I see it.

—C.W.