Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:05:47 UTC
Hallo! Beside the examples mentioned at Bug 885: Silent insertion of code by the parser MediaWiki can detect a lot of syntax errors as the one described at Bug 2702: The parser will fail to match tags on input like ''[http://example.com text''] Similar examples can (probably) be found via http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&&bug_file_loc=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=parsertest&order=Bug+Number If people want to know what happens in a wiki, how many times inproper syntax was used by "User Joe" and others there is no mechanism known to me today which can provide an answer. *request* An extension could log syntax anomalies in a new table where the revision_id (not the associated title) is stored together with the list of errorcodes. [[special:WrongSyntax]] should list the (unsolved) revisions, should flag "current revisions", provide links to history and to diff's with the current revision. A mechanism like the one used to patroll edits should allow (persons having this rigth) removing revision_id's from the table (alternatively flag them as resolved). Syntax validation might / should be available when editing. Via [[special:Preferences]] users should be able to enable a "Validate" button or not. The default setting should be "disabeled" or selectable in LocalSettings.php. best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
