Should we make edit history available to contributors? Should we have custom revision messages?

[dchiller]

In some emails, @JoyfulGen, @annamorphism, and I have discussed letting the revision history for objects come out of its hiding in the Admin panel for more general viewing (or even use). We've also discussed making revision messages editable (so an editor could say something like "Changed X because Y") when they make edits.

[JoyfulGen]

In terms of making the revision history more visible, what would you think of having a little button that appears if a chant has been edited that says "View Edit History"? And then if you clicked on it there'd be a little dropdown menu or something that would indicate what changes were made and why. The button could be visible only to editors, but I could also see how it would be useful for general users too; if they came across an unusual syllabification, the Edit History could explain it. Or would you rather the button be a bit more out of the way?

[annamorphism]

I like that--it could be a little bit like viewing the history of a wikipedia page...