Last modified: 2013-01-01 19:38:58 UTC
Tested on new page summary, new redirect summary and blanking page summary. I was unable to trigger the "content rewritten with" summary, so I guess this one does not override the blank summary prompt. I'd suggest either forcing of prompt in every occasion or another checkbox "Prompt for blank summary even when automatic summary available" in Special:Preferences. Thanks
New pages and redirects (new and existing) don't require a manual summary, by purpose. However, a blanking summary and replacing summary (which is created by removing more than 90% from a page; the new page should be below 500 characters) should require it. Checking them.
Seems to be a regression from r17804.
I can't reproduce this bug on my MediaWiki installation (latest trunk, English, preference is on). Probably worksframe. Where did you check it? If it's a local installation, try to do "svn update".
(In reply to comment #1) > New pages and redirects (new and existing) don't require a manual summary, by > purpose. I can understand this, that's why I proposed the checkbox in preferences as the alternative to force prompt. On the other hand I know, there are people who like to fill it but sometimes they just forget and that's why they have the prompt set on. Prompt has also one nice side-effect: while creating new page you can accidentaly press Submit instead of Preview and prompt blocks it from submitting of half-done version. (In reply to comment #3) > I can't reproduce this bug on my MediaWiki installation (latest trunk, English, > preference is on). Probably worksframe. Where did you check it? If it's a local > installation, try to do "svn update". Tested on cs.wikipedia - http://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedista:Danny_B./test_shrnut%C3%AD&curid=150135&action=history
When the preference is on, automatic summaries should be avoided wherever possible in favour of screaming at the user to provide one.
Looking at the code, this is no longer the case.
It is. I do have "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" checked and it does not prompt when saving new page. http://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autosummary&action=history
Gah, thought this was about section summaries. Fixed in r45843.
(In reply to comment #8) > Gah, thought this was about section summaries. Fixed in r45843. > Redirects left the same though.
Just confirming, I see new pages being added without edit summaries, even though I have "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" checked, on Wikipedia and Wikiquote now (1.21wmf6 (9e7e0d1)).
REOPEN per comment #10
Mark / Danny: Please file new bug reports instead of reopening issues that were fixed three years ago. The problem likely is something different in the codebase, even if it has the same outcome.
I didn't attempt to reopen (or add a new bug) because the commentary above for this bug did not make it (completely) clear that this scenario was addressed. I will start a new bug.
See bug 43567 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43567
(In reply to comment #12) > Mark / Danny: Please file new bug reports instead of reopening issues that > were > fixed three years ago. The problem likely is something different in the > codebase, even if it has the same outcome. This is still the same *issue*. And *this issue* has not been solved, not even three years ago (I just simply forgot about this bug because made myself a gadget to fix that). Bugs are about issues not about particular line in code. If the issue is triggered by several places in code, then still one bug is supposed to be opened, not a single bug per any relevant place which triggers the issue.
