comments on the wiki

Dick Davies rasputnik at hellooperator.net
Thu Jul 7 13:31:07 UTC 2005


* Jane Silber <jane.silber at canonical.com> [0725 14:25]:
> Hi all -
> 
> There is a comment field on the wiki edit page. That field is currently
> optional.  I've worked in other wikis where that field is mandatory, and
> it results in a much more useful RecentChanges page.  This can be
> configured in our wiki to be a mandatory field.
> 
> What do you all think about making the comment field mandatory?

For small changes I don't bother with it as the diff will make it obvious.

I think it's good practice, but making it compulsory won't make the enforced
comments make sense.

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