User:HJKeats

Hi, Is there any way that this very useful option can be adjusted such that it displays the last reference article first? I find it very, very useful when monitoring topics of interest. I use it at least three times a day and where some of these references are getting long it is becoming more and more time consuming when checking the linked articles. HJKeats 17:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Didn't fetch many responses on this question. I'm sure many people use the What links here special pages, I know I do. I believe that it would be very useful to display the latest items first as opposed to clicking through many pages to get to last item linked. HJKeats 12:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

If I read this right, the request is to list the references in chronological order? If so, then that's not possible; we don't store the information required to do so at this time. Rob Church 03:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Rob for replying. Yes I guess it would be chronological order ordered from latest to first linked article. It would be ever so convenient. Do you believe that it could be incorporated in the next release or upgrade? Even if there was an option to select latest / earliest similar to the listing of user contributions listing. Thanks again… HJKeats 04:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't see us altering the schema to store that kind of information in the foreseeable future. It would increase the size of the link tables and introduce a whole new level of confusion. Sorry. Rob Church 16:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't "new" links show up in blue (the unvisited color), and "checked" links in purple (the never-seen-the-page-color)? Maybe you could use that to help you skim for new changes? I'm not sure I'm making any sense, but basically, the new links should show up in a different color because you haven't visited them recently....? -- stillnotelf has a talk page 19:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Correct, they do show up as an unvisited page. The problem I have is, the pages I'm interested in have many pages linked to them. When a new article is linked to it, I would like to know about it. It usually means a new article pertinent to that topic has been created. In order to check for those new pages added I have to scroll through many "What links here" pages to get to the end. Not a huge problem just a wee bit time consuming for some of the more interesting pages that have hundreds of linked pages. HJKeats 02:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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