Last modified: 2014-10-23 06:59:08 UTC
Special:Block uses the destructive button The current documentation says "Use destructive buttons for actions which result in the destruction of data. e.g. deleting a page. This should not be used for cancel buttons." No data is destroyed by blocking so this message will need to be updated to include actions which result in what could be considered negative actions.
I searched MediaWiki core's ./includes directory for "destructive", and found the following places where we currently use a red destructive button: * Blocking a user * Resetting one's preferences to the site defaults * Removing items from one's watchlist Do we anticipate marking any other actions destructive?
(In reply to Douglas Gardner from comment #1) > I searched MediaWiki core's ./includes directory for "destructive", and > found the following places where we currently use a red destructive button: > * Blocking a user > * Resetting one's preferences to the site defaults > * Removing items from one's watchlist > > Do we anticipate marking any other actions destructive? There's also, of course, deleting a page.
I'm sure there might be other places that need destructive buttons, If delete page is not destructive, it should be, can you log a bug? Eventually that will likely be "move back to Drafts" which will be constructive action. But we're not there yet.
(In reply to Jared in comment #3) > If delete page is not destructive, it should be, can you log a bug? With the Beta Feature turned on the delete page uses destructive.
Change 168254 had a related patch set uploaded by Mattflaschen: Tweak 'destructive' use case in style guide https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/168254
Change 168254 merged by jenkins-bot: Tweak 'destructive' use case in style guide https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/168254
