Implement diff on sentence level (instead of per paragraph block)
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	• bzimport
	Aug 1 2010, 2:48 AM

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For example, in the diff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Undeciphered_writing_systems&diff=375671540&oldid=372821363

The edit separated the second sentence as the start of a new paragraph and inserted the text, shown at the beginning of the green field, as part of the first paragraph. The second sentence and after, now a separate paragraph, is still shown highlighted in green.

A search/comparison function inserted after the diff is formed which compares the pre-existing version and the diff output text, could unmark the pre-existing text from green to a nominal yellow color. This helps to distinguish text which has added from pre-existing text which has simply been shifted, moved, or transplanted.

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Reference: bz24617

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Mentioned In: T106898: Offline editing to support people with intermittent or no internet access (e.g. Kiwix, mobile)
T96903: Identify and prioritize architectural challenges
T113004: Make it easy to fork, branch, and merge pages (or more)
T90359: Difference alignment wrong when new paragraph added above a changed paragraph or when a paragraph is split into two

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 11:11 PM

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• bzimport created this task.Aug 1 2010, 2:48 AM

MediaWiki supports using different diff-algorithm programs. So if you find a diff algorithm that can do this, it may be possible to try that on a wiki (or your own (test) wiki) without having to change MediaWiki core.

Would be nice if could have this by default! There are a lot of other bugs about issues and lackings in the default diff algorithm.

Bug 69097 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Aklapper mentioned this in T90359: Difference alignment wrong when new paragraph added above a changed paragraph or when a paragraph is split into two.Feb 23 2015, 12:23 PM

Tgr mentioned this in T113004: Make it easy to fork, branch, and merge pages (or more).Sep 21 2015, 3:15 AM

cscott mentioned this in T96903: Identify and prioritize architectural challenges.Sep 21 2015, 4:27 PM

cscott mentioned this in T106898: Offline editing to support people with intermittent or no internet access (e.g. Kiwix, mobile).Sep 23 2015, 5:56 PM

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Sentence-level selser for Parsoid would also help with editing pages which use languageconverter.

Gestrid subscribed.May 29 2017, 1:02 AM

The way the diff viewer currently works, it can make it difficult to spot vandalism sometimes with this problem. I hope it does get fixed someday soon.

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Implement diff on sentence level (instead of per paragraph block)
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