Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:05:08 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1) Look at a redirect page, using &redirect=no to see the actual redirect. 2) Click on "Edit this page" on the top bar. 3) Click on "Article" on the top bar. You would expect to be taken back to the redirect page (with &redirect=no), but you're instead taken to the target of the redirect. This also works with any of the other tabs ("Discussion", "History", etc.) in step 2. This has been annoying when attempting to categorize redirects, etc. Bounty: I will happily send $10 to a developer who fixes this bug. I usually use PayPal, but I could try something else.
I was asked on #mediawiki to clarify why I think this is a bug. I basically think that this violates user expectations. This bug will only occur when a user is dealing with a redirect itself. That is, they are currently editing a redirect, posting on the redirect's discussion page, or viewing the redirect's history. In these cases, the user is thinking specifically *about the redirect*. So, if they want to come back to the page they were looking at before, I think it should be the redirect itself. Fixing this bug shouldn't affect any user who isn't actively dealing with redirects. On the other hand, it should make things a lot easier for those users who edit a lot of redirects (I've personally been categorizing redirects lately).
On the other hand this would complicate some tasks, such as testing that the redirect works -- you'd have no way to do so except to edit the URL manually.
(In reply to comment #0) > You would expect to be taken back to the redirect page (with &redirect=no), but > you're instead taken to the target of the redirect. > > This also works with any of the other tabs ("Discussion", "History", etc.) in > step 2. > > This has been annoying when attempting to categorize redirects, etc. (In reply to comment #2) > On the other hand this would complicate some tasks, such as testing that the redirect > works -- you'd have no way to do so except to edit the URL manually. At http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Transwiki:Side_chain&redirect=no you can click on "Permanent link" http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Transwiki:Side_chain&oldid=459760 to verify the rendering. I think this is a fair "workaround". best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
With the recent changes to the message shown after a redirect, it now has a link to the redirected page with &rediret=no in it, and a link to the destination page. Having this, I think the changes asked in this bug are no longer required. Thus, I'm marking it as FIXED.
As "FIXED" is regularly used when a change is made to fix the bug, I'm changing it to "INVALID".
I have no idea what comment #4 and 5 refer to, but the described issue seems to be entirely unchanged. Reopening.
Marking as WONTFIX; my original impression that current behavior is desirable still stands.
