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in thread Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies

> whether someone is replying to my original node or my updated node.

But you know there are timestamps? ;)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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Re^3: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies
by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 13, 2021 at 15:44 UTC
    But you know there are timestamps? ;)

    That would require me to either record the timestamps of my updates manually, or remember when exactly I've made every update, and at least the latter most likely isn't happening ;-)

      But you understand my problem?

      If I reply to an updated post of yours and need to update myself, how would I flag that in the title? :)

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

      PS: FWIW, I'm thinking of expanding my wiki-mechanism to automatically truncate (updates) from titles.

      I might also include a "last edit"-comment in the text, though I'm not sure if JS can provide a reliable timestamp.

        But you understand my problem?

        Yes, I do, and I have to say that often my question of whether or not someone has seen my update applies to newcomers who themselves don't use the (updated) tag (and who sometimes don't notice /msgs).

        I'm not sure if JS can provide a reliable timestamp.

        Some options to get the current browser time: new Date().toString(), new Date().toISOString(), new Date().toLocaleString("de-DE"), and more.

        PS: FWIW, I'm thinking of expanding my wiki-mechanism to automatically truncate (updates) from titles.

        That would probably be a good option!

        I'm against removing "(updated)" globally for everyone - if anything global is done, I'd prefer something like my regex above.