rowan.collins wrote:

One problem with this from a technical point of view would be the database load
required to count all the edits an article has had if there are many. Perhaps it
could be "2", "3", "more than 3" or similar...

[PS: Please try to summarise the bug/request in the "summary" field, not just
the activity it relates to]

Ok, to reduce the database load it would be sufficient to tell me if
there are more than 2 versions or not.

jaymac407 wrote:

patch

Attached:

jaymac407 wrote:

attached my first ever patch. I'm so proud. xD

jaymac407 wrote:

Comment on attachment 5456
patch

Index: includes/Article.php

• includes/Article.php (revision 42453)

+++ includes/Article.php (working copy)
@@ -2146,6 +2146,7 @@

1. Hack for big sites $bigHistory = $this->isBigDeletion();

+ $revisions = $this->estimateRevisionCount();

		if( $bigHistory && !$this->mTitle->userCan( 'bigdelete' ) ) {
			global $wgLang, $wgDeleteRevisionsLimit;
			$wgOut->wrapWikiMsg( "<div class='error'>\n$1</div>\n",

@@ -2177,6 +2178,9 @@

					array( 'delete-warning-toobig', $wgLang->formatNum( $wgDeleteRevisionsLimit ) ) );
			}
		}

+ if( $revisions > 3 && !$confirm ) {
+ $wgOut->wrapWikiMsg(''.wfMsg('revdelete-count', $revisions).'');
+ }

		return $this->confirmDelete( $reason );
	}

Index: languages/messages/MessagesEn.php

• languages/messages/MessagesEn.php (revision 42453)

+++ languages/messages/MessagesEn.php (working copy)
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@
'revdelete-unhid' => 'unhid $1',
'revdelete-log-message' => '$1 for $2 {{PLURAL:$2|revision|revisions}}',
'logdelete-log-message' => '$1 for $2 {{PLURAL:$2|event|events}}',
+'revdelete-count' => 'The article currently has $1 edits worth of history, deleting the article will also remove that history.',

1. Suppression log 'suppressionlog' => 'Suppression log',

Fixed in r58087 by adding the count in MediaWiki:Historywarning.