On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 11:09 +0200, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
On 10/8/05, Alphax <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Michael Snow wrote:
> > Tony Sidaway wrote:
> > [...] I don't see why the authority to
> > merge-and-redirect should be limited to administrators. I've always
> > found the resistance to merges puzzling.
The reason is that an admin is required to end the AfD, not that an
admin is required to click on the "edit" button.
> Merge-and-redirect often *does* require admin
attention, because the
> "proper procedure" is to perform a history merge, isn't it?
Not often, no. The vast majority of the time, the edit history consists
of one or two original edits and the addition of the AfD tag. Simply
noting "merging in joesixpax's [[Mushi mushi]] article" when doing the
merge should be sufficient, and the edit history is still on the
redirect page.
Wouldn't that kill the usefulness of diffs over a
period when both
articles were edited?
Over that period? No. During that period? Sure, but that's as minor as a
page-blank. In the long-run it does not affect the usefulness of the
page's history.