[Wikipedia-l] Save Draft button?

[Berto]

----- Исходное сообщение ----- 
От: "Virgil Ierubino" <virgil.ierubino at gmail.com>
Кому: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
Отправлено: 8 августа 2006 г. 1:02
Тема: [Wikipedia-l] Save Draft button?


> Before I say anything else, is there a specific place where people can
> submit proposals/suggestions? If not, one should be set up. And if so, the
> navigational structure should be improved because it's hard to find!
>
> Upgrade to MediaWiki: "Save Draft" button beneath the edit box that saves
> the box's contents to a logged-in user's subpage: "User:Example/Article
> title". Far too many times I'm halfway through a massive edit and I have
to
> go - there needs to be an easier and/or integrated way to save half-done
> work between sessions.
>
> This automation of "in-progress" subpages will neatly streamline
copyediting
> and extended work too.

The problem is that you could easily have the page overwritten while you
work on it in remote. If you don't notice it, you'll just delete the changes
when submitting your final version. So the saved draft should have some
versioning info, too. Apart from that, it's a great idea.

Berto