Last modified: 2011-05-19 16:35:04 UTC
Hallo! I was traying to replicate the bug mentioned at Bug 4439: Centering images using [[image:foo|center]] breaks some table layouts in internet explorer The url there is a permanent link: http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=184205 Because this page changes permanently trough templates and some of the templates changed since the time the bug / report was made it is very painfull to replicate the problem. *consequences* a) There should be no "cite" links at such pages. There should be a way to suppress the "cite" link. A solution would be to porvide a "__NOCITE__" magic word. b) I beleive that REDIRECTS should not have "cite" links. The problem about not being able to view "historical content" is known since Bug 851: when viewing an old version of a page, use old version of templates If this is missing at "cite" or in the "disclaimers" just find an appropriate text. For visitors of the page another solution should be found. An indication to print / save the page or to store it as a PDF file (bug 474). For documentation and fault finding it would be usefull to implement Bug 2777 – "request for a {{substall:foo}} beside {{subst:bar}}" If one can use export for the same purpose just post the required steps or email me. These exports could be used as attachments to the bugs. best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
This doesn't seem to have anything to do with redirects. Can you clarify the summary please?
(In reply to comment #0) > b) I beleive that REDIRECTS should not have "cite" links. (In reply to comment #1) > This doesn't seem to have anything to do with redirects. Can you clarify the > summary please? redirects and cite is indeed another issue. Opened Bug 4911: Disable the "cite" link on redirect pages best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
What's the benefit in hiding a link that helps people cite old revisions of a page?
Obviously as pointed out above, we cannot show old pages with transclusions correctly in the way they have been before. These pages should therefore not be cited, since we cannot guarantee that we serve them again unaltered. The same holds for the label "permalink" which is deceptive but not valid for pages with transclusions. See also bug 29050.
