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New Feature Addition · Articles & templates · Created by stevenmkunkle
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Currently if content is mistakenly changed the only way to restore lost content is from memory, notes, or a backup made by exporting. These changes could come from various sources:- User error
- Malicious actions
- Compromised accounts
- WorldAnvil bugs
How does this feature request address the current situation?
By implementing an immutable history of changes to articles, editors would be able to restore accidentally modified articles to their former versions - or review older versions of articles for other reasons.What are other uses for this feature request?
1) Helps to prevent the perception that WorldAnvil is "buggy" and/or "unreliable" when users are learning the complicated editing features that may result in them editing unexpected content. 2) Users could more freely clean up articles of extraneous notes with the knowledge that those notes are preserved somewhere if needed. This helps make the decision to delete content easier on people. 3) Lays foundations for features that could allows users to "rewind" on their world and view how it was on a particular date 4) Lays some foundations for auditing features to allow tracking and reporting of what actions were taken by what usersThe Team's Response
This feature did not reach the required support during its voting time. In addition, in its current form, this is declined. World Anvil data is not a collection of flat file data, see GoogleDocs or a Git repository. World Anvil Worlds are intricate networks of data that keep reference data between them. That very fact makes immutable history a moot point. In addition, the amout of storage this will need is simply incomprehensible and certainly extremely expensive in both resources and costs to maintain. Having said that.
Current score
151/300 Votes · +19520 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by GrassyHorizon
on 2021-06-20 02:21 -
+300
by EkalMaker20
on 2021-06-19 20:27 -
+100
by horrorvacui
on 2021-06-19 17:22 -
+20
by Joe H. Dovescove
on 2021-06-19 14:39 -
+100
by tophertalks
on 2021-06-19 09:01 -
+20
by A Roaring Mimic
on 2021-06-19 00:47 -
+200
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+300
by Secere Laetes
on 2021-06-18 21:59 -
+100
by chuckdee
on 2021-06-18 16:48 -
+300
by hoyer1066
on 2021-06-18 10:55Just let me use ctrl+z. At the moment 1 slip of the keyboard can remove huge chunks of text, which can never be undone and need to be rewritten from memory. With the new autosave feature an undo command is an absolute requirement.
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+20
by Drawkill Dragon
on 2021-06-18 08:16 -
+100
by Benjamin_Wales
on 2021-06-18 07:30 -
+100
by Rukardio
on 2021-06-18 06:45 -
+20
by MsMoon
on 2021-06-17 03:51 -
+20
by thenotsogrim
on 2021-06-16 20:58 -
+300
by buckwell
on 2021-06-16 00:50 -
+300
by TayroWinters
on 2021-06-15 22:14 -
+100
by Kendalatrix
on 2021-06-15 11:26 -
+50
by Walicia
on 2021-06-15 10:42 -
+100
by MechaniVal
on 2021-06-15 00:27 -
+100
by meowkristen
on 2021-06-14 22:23 -
+50
by PerryA
on 2021-06-14 21:44 -
+300
by Sylv
on 2021-06-14 19:12I just accidentally deleted four days' worth of writing in an article because I accidentally hit crtl+A and kept typing. The article autosaved before I could close it and reopen it, so all my work is gone and I'm going to have to start from scratch. An undo button or version history would have made that issue much easier to deal with!!!
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+50
by pa_kalsha
on 2021-06-14 07:24 -
+100
by Vapor Dragon
on 2021-06-14 00:33 -
+10
by Zarkana
on 2021-06-13 16:34 -
+300
by Fir Mor
on 2021-06-13 13:53 -
+50
by jkmcne
on 2021-06-13 10:52 -
+300
by A Cute Dryad
on 2021-06-13 04:42 -
+300
by CharmedBaryon
on 2021-06-13 02:40 -
+300
by Hazynoodles
on 2021-06-12 21:10 -
+300
by Vonnerath
on 2021-06-12 20:11 -
+50
by Punkytrs
on 2021-06-12 18:54 -
+300
by jaearess
on 2021-06-12 15:11 -
+100
by Hayaliel
on 2021-06-12 14:20 -
-300
by Akimotos
on 2021-06-12 12:28My opinion: am not a fan. Although its isn't unrealistic, (technology is there at a price), it doesn't prevent against bugs (#1) (it's additional code, additional complexity and therefore also prone to -more- bugs and the worst kind: "logic" bugs) #2 it might help against compromised accounts... a 2 or more factor authentication would be more in place and I guess that there might be a backup which can be used to restore in certain cases. #3 malicious accounts. same as point 2 i guess? #4 User Error. Same as #1. as for the other points: 1) unless its fool proof and bug-less 2) makes it even worse, hats how human nature works. and raises the human error factor. 3) rewind your world ? sounds cool but you would have a hard time to manage and determine what article in what state would return. 4) i would only allow users that i trust to edit my content. if i want to audit it, because of missing trust, then i would suggest sending me a document. so, no. not a fan.
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+200
by Perpetual Placeholder
on 2021-06-11 22:37 -
+300
by A Wild T-Rex
on 2021-06-11 10:45 -
+300
by Sanai102
on 2021-06-11 06:33 -
+200
by MAzeltine
on 2021-06-11 03:15 -
+300
by VulpesUpskirta
on 2021-06-11 00:58 -
-200
by thepocketGM
on 2021-06-10 23:37 -
+50
by salamanderskies
on 2021-06-10 20:13 -
+100
by WaffleIron
on 2021-06-10 16:39 -
+300
by cedes
on 2021-06-10 05:46 -
+300
by moonflower-writing
on 2021-06-10 02:46 -
+100
by Sodose
on 2021-06-09 16:52 -
+300
by ewarlock
on 2021-06-09 15:37 -
+10
by Marikia
on 2021-06-09 15:32 -
+20
by jdeustice
on 2021-06-09 15:02 -
+100
by CecilieMylius
on 2021-06-09 10:59 -
+100
by MrMad36
on 2021-06-08 21:35 -
+200
by anna_b_meyer
on 2021-06-08 17:18 -
+100
by Gwydi
on 2021-06-08 15:18 -
+300
by elathedm
on 2021-06-08 14:58 -
+300
by Pallarmen
on 2021-06-08 10:03 -
+100
by Gigaclown
on 2021-06-08 07:15 -
-200
by Ademal
on 2021-06-08 01:11 -
+100
by Liar Moraine
on 2021-06-07 22:30 -
+50
by Finn Redwood
on 2021-06-07 17:15 -
+50
by Atrus
on 2021-06-07 15:00 -
+300
by iajones2
on 2021-06-07 14:26 -
+300
by aubaine
on 2021-06-07 13:10 -
+100
by ewelupp
on 2021-06-07 05:02 -
+200
by bclouse
on 2021-06-07 04:47 -
+10
by Anyways655
on 2021-06-07 04:12On one hand, I see the desire. Its certainly possible, Google Docs has a Version History function Id look at if I was thinking of adding something like this to a program like WA. On the other, this is complicated. Like, rework the back end complicated. Like, half of a year of dev time to implement in a partial working state. +10, because I want it, but an ominous warning of trouble to come if it does get it.
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+300
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+100
by Duckythefox
on 2021-06-07 03:34 -
-20
by AvalonFaery
on 2021-06-07 00:43I really like this idea, but as GorkamWorka said, this seems unrealistic and rather dangerous to implement. Believe me, I do have need of something like this (I recently lost quite a few articles that I now can no longer access in any form) but the risks do seem to outweigh the rewards. I would suggest that users simply do the back-up themselves.
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-100
by GorkamWorka
on 2021-06-06 22:14While i do like the idea on paper, i must say that's unrealistic. The volume of data this would generate ( except for like if you have git like differential; incremental versionning) in insane. WA user base is very large and it would be a nightmare to handle ( not even accounting the auto-save problem). Add to that that it would mean a major change of how WA store stuff ( and thus a very dangerous update) i am not really onboard with this idea.
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+100
by Jagentrup
on 2021-06-06 20:02 -
+100
by PhntmDrgn
on 2021-06-06 17:42 -
+100
by miraiya
on 2021-06-06 16:27 -
+100
by Gaming Mike
on 2021-06-06 13:13 -
+300
by LemonHedgehog
on 2021-06-06 08:54 -
+20
by R0GUE01
on 2021-06-05 22:51 -
+20
by Selenolatryan
on 2021-06-05 18:55 -
+100
by Dougie
on 2021-06-05 16:32 -
+300
by thoughtprovoking
on 2021-06-05 16:02 -
+10
by BOAAC
on 2021-06-05 10:34 -
+300
by Zeepee
on 2021-06-05 00:09 -
+100
by KahunaTheElder
on 2021-06-04 21:36IF this could be implemented with some way of sorting by last edit in lists, I can see it being very useful.
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+100
by PrincessESH
on 2021-06-04 17:31 -
+10
by KajetanWrites
on 2021-06-04 14:12 -
+50
by Lone Mountain Artificer
on 2021-06-04 13:36 -
+300
by Unkas
on 2021-06-04 13:28 -
+50
by AmosTheBountyHunter
on 2021-06-04 13:21 -
+50
by Kagow
on 2021-06-04 12:09 -
+50
by Rynn19
on 2021-06-04 05:07 -
+20
by PolyJohn
on 2021-06-04 00:26 -
+50
by iamq
on 2021-06-03 21:44 -
+300
by User51
on 2021-06-03 16:08With continual autosave running, a version history would be both challenging to implement and nearly impossible to use as an author (e.g., I could have hundreds of "versions" from a single edit session). I would suggest making the version history dependent on a separate user action - maybe its own button or similar. This would save off an (optionally) named copy.
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+300
by PanAndPaper
on 2021-06-03 14:06 -
+20
by sunshine_raygun
on 2021-06-03 13:38 -
+300
by MoonRaven
on 2021-06-03 12:57 -
+20
by Petryan
on 2021-06-03 10:16 -
+300
by Ondo
on 2021-06-03 10:15I think having some sort of version history is a must-have for any software that involves writing long-form text. I guess it can be tricky to implement with the auto-save feature, but I think it's worth it.
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+10
by AP.
on 2021-06-03 10:13 -
+100
by Rashkavar
on 2021-06-03 08:22 -
+50
by industry86
on 2021-06-03 05:04 -
+20
by FishmanTaco
on 2021-06-03 05:03 -
+300
by maeoreth
on 2021-06-03 00:37 -
+100
by nicsnort
on 2021-06-03 00:26 -
+300
by Markos67
on 2021-06-03 00:21 -
+50
by nolantarik
on 2021-06-03 00:15 -
+50
by Nandoro
on 2021-06-02 23:51 -
+10
by valhaia
on 2021-06-02 23:40 -
+20
by ss2020
on 2021-06-02 20:59 -
+20
by Cromyr
on 2021-06-02 20:48 -
+300
by TheLimitlessBro
on 2021-06-02 20:45 -
+20
by David89th
on 2021-06-02 19:43 -
+200
by foxteeth
on 2021-06-02 19:14 -
+300
by Vexed_Hexen
on 2021-06-02 18:43 -
+300
by KazutoDM
on 2021-06-02 17:23 -
+100
by PrometheanHindsight
on 2021-06-02 15:19 -
+300
by brass_phoenix
on 2021-06-02 09:14Yes! I's so nice working on something that has version control. Knowing that when you inevitably screw up (no one is perfect), it is no big deal and you can revert to before the problem arose.
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+10
by A Rambunctious Unicorn
on 2021-06-02 08:23 -
+10
by Michael Chandra
on 2021-06-02 07:13 -
+300
by NathanielA25
on 2021-06-02 06:18 -
+300
by Dalf32
on 2021-06-02 03:12 -
+200
by OrbitalAphelion
on 2021-06-02 02:57 -
+50
by Valorn
on 2021-06-02 02:50 -
+100
by Vulthuryol
on 2021-06-02 01:33 -
+20
by Neverdusk
on 2021-06-02 00:53 -
+100
by A Filthy Hobbit
on 2021-06-02 00:28 -
+50
by nymla
on 2021-06-02 00:25 -
+300
by Rahjar
on 2021-06-01 22:14 -
+50
by When_game
on 2021-06-01 21:54 -
+50
by redbeardcreator
on 2021-06-01 18:43 -
+50
by Careen Ligh
on 2021-06-01 18:27 -
+100
by makonnen
on 2021-06-01 17:35 -
+10
by Delicious Wall Meat
on 2021-06-01 16:59 -
+50
by Shadowstar103
on 2021-06-01 15:57 -
+20
by AceMaster
on 2021-06-01 14:15 -
+100
by markelcortazar
on 2021-06-01 13:56 -
+50
by Mushrunes
on 2021-06-01 09:23 -
+200
by Tallaks
on 2021-06-01 07:19 -
+300
by beautanical
on 2021-06-01 04:46 -
+20
by storyauthor
on 2021-06-01 04:06 -
+100
by Starsavior
on 2021-06-01 02:01 -
+300
by Projekt
on 2021-06-01 00:27 -
+50
by A Rambunctious Dimensional Horror
on 2021-06-01 00:04 -
+200
by ionathas78
on 2021-05-31 22:59 -
+50
by SirCobalt
on 2021-05-31 22:24 -
+50
by Gabranth
on 2021-05-31 22:04 -
+10
by halduron
on 2021-05-31 21:51 -
+20
by Adcheryl
on 2021-05-31 20:14 -
+100
by Ging175
on 2021-05-31 19:40 -
+20
by A Goodhearted Velociraptor
on 2021-05-31 18:45 -
+10
by Lethann
on 2021-05-31 16:38 -
+20
by GustavTheDm
on 2021-05-31 16:37 -
+300
by stevenmkunkle
on 2021-05-31 16:25
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