Hi,
I created such an extension [1] to return to the exact rendering of a
page at a given time.
It is still experimental and need some other improvements,
particularly to take into account the moves and deletions applied on a
template.
~ Seb35 [^_^]
[1]
Besides template histories, can we add a parameter
'index.php?action=view&time=xxx' to allow users to read as if they
read an article at that time, and append this parameter with the same
value to all (internal) links in the article?
In this way, we can have nostalgia wikis (like
http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePage ) at any time.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Trev <wikipedia(a)wavesculptor.com> wrote:
> Hi, See you see a fix that could be made for this "user issue" rather than
"bug"?
>
> The fix required is: when rendering **history** states of pages, rendering
contemporary history state of any {{transclusions}}, rather than latest state, as happens
now. This would make a lot of editors happier, and some less concerned about
"banning" the use of inter-article transcludes.
>
> See below at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Transclusio…, and
other links contained.
>
> Best, Trev M.
>
> == Transclusion History ==
>
> See
[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Summary_style#Problems_with_par…
this discussion]
>
> Sometimes editors involved in disputes want to see an article as it was a while ago,
and then look at the changes made. If the article transcludes content from another
article, they will see the old version of the article but the current version of the
transcluded content, which is confusing. Is there a way in which they could see the old
version of the article with the transcluded content as of the date/time that version was
created? This could be a big improvement. Thanks, [[User:Aymatth2|Aymatth2]] ([[User
talk:Aymatth2|talk]]) 23:28, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
>
> :ItÅås not possible as the software is currently written, though I agree it would be
a useful feature. Designing a “gadget” which re-parses from old template revisions using
javascript and the API might be (remotely) feasible (albeit madness—yet IÅåm not above
attempting a proof-of-concept if/when I find the time). Å\[[User talk:AoV2|AoV©˜]] 14:21,
21 March 2010 (UTC)
>
> It doesn't seem that difficult (easy for me to say). The change would be:
"when transcluding content into a historical view of a page, select the most recent
version of the source page that was created no later than the date of the target
page". That way the historical view would show the page as it really looked at that
time, rather than a jumble of past and present. Many editors would be deeply grateful for
the improvement! [[User:Aymatth2|Aymatth2]] ([[User talk:Aymatth2|talk]]) 16:13, 21 March
2010 (UTC)
>
> *Posting a summary of this and links at the
'''bugzilla.wikimedia.org''' mailing list, see what interest
appears from those with their finger on the wiki software pulse. <span
style="font-family: 'Brush script MT',
cursive;font-size:1.5em;vertical-align:middle;"> [[User:Trev M| Trev M ]]
[[User_talk:Trev_M| ~ ]]</span> 19:47, 21 March 2010 (UTC)