Last modified: 2014-01-31 19:39:49 UTC
On wikinews we are getting some people trying to create pages of the form [[n:Al shabaab ondiscussionpage:Comments:Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid]]. As far as i can tell, people go to the opinion page, [[n:Comments:Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid]], see the search discussion box right beside the create a new discussion link. They assume that text box is to start a new discussion, instead of search. They enter a title, hit enter, go to search page which has the: Create the page "Foo ondiscussionpage:Comments:Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid" on this wiki! link. They click that, thinking thats how you enter a comment. This causes problems as thats not where we want people to create their comments.
Also seen on translatewiki.net. I would give some priority on this bug as it is annoying to clean up those pages and ask users to repost their question, or is there a better way?
I'll take this bug and apply it in redesign.
(In reply to comment #0) > On wikinews we are getting some people trying to create pages of the form > [[n:Al shabaab ondiscussionpage:Comments:Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to > block WFP food aid]]. > > As far as i can tell, people go to the opinion page, [[n:Comments:Somali > opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid]], see the search discussion > box right beside the create a new discussion link. They assume that text box > is to start a new discussion, instead of search. They enter a title, hit enter, > go to search page which has the: > > Create the page "Foo ondiscussionpage:Comments:Somali opposition group > al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid" on this wiki! > > link. > > They click that, thinking thats how you enter a comment. This causes problems > as thats not where we want people to create their comments. The same happened at pt.wikibooks: http://pt.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Porque_somos_jogados_para_frente_do_%C3%B4nibus_quando_ele_freia_bruscamente_ondiscussionpage:Wikilivros:Pergunte_ao_bibliotec%C3%A1rio&action=edit&redlink=1
Lowering priority, but feel free to raise it again.
*** Bug 21727 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Was this feature removed from LQT? I don't remember seeing it.
No it's not removed. You might be confused because I removed it from my sites using LQT, because it doesn't actually work and confuses people.
*** Bug 37801 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 47877 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #7) > No it's not removed. You might be confused because I removed it from my sites > using LQT, because it doesn't actually work and confuses people. No, I was looking for it in the wrong place: it's just below the header of talk pages with LQT, as described by bug 37801 comment 6.
(In reply to comment #10) > (In reply to comment #7) > > No it's not removed. You might be confused because I removed it from my sites > > using LQT, because it doesn't actually work and confuses people. > > No, I was looking for it in the wrong place: it's just below the header of > talk > pages with LQT, as described by bug 37801 comment 6. Well, at least on Portuguese Wikibooks it is really not there: bug 60691.
