Closed Bug 1018206 Opened 10 years ago Closed 4 years ago

MDN should not record or display empty edits

Categories

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Wiki pages, defect)

Product:
developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Wiki pages
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: jswisher, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [dev-papercut][LOE:L]) 

"Empty" revisions are ones where the user clicked Save without making any changes to a page.

This is implied by bug 997763, but I want to make it explicit. In addition to preventing users from creating empty revisions (bug 797845), existing empty revisions should be removed or at least hidden. This applies to page histories and user histories. Empty revisions should not count towards badges or towards being listed in the "contributors" bar on a page.
Severity: normal → major
Component: General → Wiki pages
Summary: Remove or hide empty revisions in history for pages and users → MDN should not record or display empty edits
This is a "garbage in, garbage out" problem.  We have to solve it on a few different fronts:

1) Empty revisions should not make it into the database.
2) Existing empty revisions should not be displayed in the UI.
3) Existing empty revisions should be removed from the database.
Whiteboard: [dev-papercut]
See bug 997763 comment 4 for a discussion of the work involved.  At least 2 weeks of work, possibly 4-6 depending on the extent of what's involved.
See Also: → 997763
Whiteboard: [dev-papercut] → [dev-papercut][LOE:L]
OS: Mac OS X → All
Hardware: x86 → All
MDN Web Docs' bug reporting has now moved to GitHub. From now on, please file content bugs at https://github.com/mdn/sprints/issues/ and platform bugs at https://github.com/mdn/kuma/issues/.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: developer.mozilla.org → developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
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