I recall a number of people wishing for a better idea of what was updated in a given node. Obviously, implementing some kind of revision control on nodes would be a lot of work, despite its niftiness. Besides, there's something to be said for making such revision tracking optional.

However, I think I may have stumbled on an idea that might not be a ton of work (note: despite asking, I'm still not a pmdevil, so I can't be sure), but would make it easy for users that are so inclined to add helpful information about their updates.

Basically, I suggest adding a short text form field to the node-updating form that allows one to add a brief note about what the update entailed. The number of updates could be displayed in all node views, with a link to the update history. Couple this with a user preference to always display the history notes in-node, and this could be very nifty.

I know it isn't dirt-simple, as it would likely involve adding a DB table; however, it's not nearly as hard as adding RCS-like capabilities, and it remains optional and up to the user.

Not well formed, I know, but something to discuss? I'm willing to do as much of the work as I can if I ever get a response to my pmdev request for access...

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In reply to PM Feature Idea: optionally add short comment on update by radiantmatrix

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