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Not everything is written at a given point in time and then forgotten about. There are many texts that are continuously updated over years and even decades.
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
Not everything is written at a given point in time and then forgotten about. There are many texts that are continuously updated over years and even decades.
- Heinrich_zHM 3y agoYou can include an edit timestamp.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThis still sort of codifies the edit is a discrete event, and not an ongoing process.
- jorams 3y agoThat's a good thing, because that final edit is a discrete event. At some point this ongoing process will end and the edits will stop. The people engaged in the process will likely forget or not be available to add a final timestamp, but an aging edit timestamp will automatically indicate this moment in time.
- account42 3y agoIt is always and ongoing process until it isn't. Knowing if/when the transition happened is useful.
- quickthrower2 3y agoA bit like a file with a created and updated timestamp then?
- jankremer 3y agoI think timestamps are even more important in that case.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoWhich timestamp is relevant on the body of a Wikipedia article that has been maintained for 15 years, with edits ranging from entire new sections being written to minor corrections of grammatical errors.
- account42 3y agoAll of them, which his why Wikipedia maintains an edit history. At the very least you should provide the inital publish date and last update.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoDoesn't provide an edit history in the article, though.