I agree with Nat and Meitar,<br><br>That time stamp is a data point. From reading the NYTimes to Wikipedia to Drupal.org a reader is obligated to assess the value/limitations of any particular piece of information. I think it is paternalistic to keep information out of folks hands because of a possibility that some folks might misinterpret the meaning of it.<br>
<br>Reasons not to show information: <br>* causes usability problems by mucking up presentation or page clarity.<br>* takes up valuable system resources like running an "expensive" query.<br><br>As long as it passes these tests, I'd be in favor.<br>
<br>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Nathaniel Catchpole <<a href="mailto:catch56@googlemail.com">catch56@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I agree with Meitar. I don't think having recently updated timestamps on out of date information is going to lull people into a false sense of security - at least not compared to now, where they appear pretty much timeless except for the version taxonomy.<br>
<br>This came up specifically in the case of module comparisons - if I see that a page comparing modules hasn't been updated for 6 months, then hopefully it'll indicate that things might have changed since then and encourage me to update it. At the moment, I have no idea either way unless I check the revisions tab (and I rarely do this unless I'm about to archive a page or make a big edit, hardly ever if I'm actually reading documentation).<br>
<br>Also, if I see a page that hasn't been updated since 2006 or something, then it's an extra bit of encouragement to jump in and fix it.<br><br>Nat<br>
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