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Bug 2149 - Patch: option to turn off instant edit on red links
Patch: option to turn off instant edit on red links
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Interface (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Lowest enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2005-05-11 06:28 UTC by Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
Modified: 2011-03-13 18:06 UTC (History)
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Patch mentioned in original message. (1.37 KB, patch)
2005-05-11 06:29 UTC, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
Details

Description Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon 2005-05-11 06:28:43 UTC
The (soon-to-be) attached patch adds a configuration variable called
$wgRedLinkEdit.  If set to true (the default), red links go to the edit page,
just as they are currently; if false, they go to the main page, and presumably
show MediaWiki:Noarticletext.
Comment 1 Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon 2005-05-11 06:29:56 UTC
Created attachment 520 [details]
Patch mentioned in original message.
Comment 2 Brion Vibber 2005-05-12 08:18:18 UTC
What's the purpose of this?
Comment 3 Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon 2005-05-12 16:51:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> What's the purpose of this?

Basically, my wiki (one I run on my own server) had a lot of categories that
hadn't been created yet.  This caused a problem, because when you clicked on
them you'd get taken to the edit screen, which doesn't show the items in the
category.  Also, I found that MediaWiki:Newarticletext contained a lot of the
same things as MediaWiki:Noarticletext, because users would only see the former;
changing this ensured that people would see both messages, allowing me to reduce
the amount of crap in MediaWiki:Newarticletext.  The shorter message made
creating new pages more pleasant, despite the extra mouse click.

Added to the fact that others might want to do this, and that it's really quite
cheap, I thought this might be a worthwhile addition to MediaWiki.

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