User:May His Shadow Fall Upon You/EditValues

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Currently, Wikipedia displays the "change in bytes" value next to each edit. However, Wikipedia should also display Edit Values.

The Edit Value is calculated through a simple conversion formula based on the layout of a QWERTY keyboard, starting from ` as value 1.

Examples:

` = 1
~ = 2
1 = 3
! = 4

And so on. These values are then calculated to form an Edit Value.

Example of calculation:

QWERTY Q = 27 W = 28 E = 29 R = 30 T = 31 Y = 32

For a total edit value of 177.