https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26935
Summary: Reason box in Special:MovePage is too big; cut text
lenght varies
Product: MediaWiki
Version: wikimedia-deployment
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: fole...@netcourrier.com
== Description ==
The reason box in Special:MovePage allows you to enter a very long text,
perhaps thousands of characters. However your text gets cut to one specific
size in the history tab of the article. It gets cut to a different size in the
move page log.
Not publishing the full text which you wrote but only the beginning, without
warning that the remaining part will be cut out is in my view not an acceptable
feature. It ruins efforts to provide a good reason text and to have community
members understand each other when they perform page moves.
== Proposals ==
* Set the same maximum number of characters in both the history tab and the
move log.
* Replace that big box with a box containing the exact allowed number of
characters, so that nothing gets cut once it has been put into the box.
== Example ==
Original text put in the reason box : 335 bytes (including [] brackets) :
Je place ici des tirets qui sont ceux de [[Place Charles-de-Gaulle]] de même
nature que le tiret entre Saint et Denis dans [[Strasbourg - Saint-Denis (métro
de Paris)]]. Voir aussi [[Gare Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 1]] ou [[Aéroport
Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle]]. Application d'une règle de typographie, même si la
RATP ne la respecte pas.
*Move page log at the bottom of
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Renommer_une_page/Gare_Charles_de_Gaulle_-_%C3%89toile
cut text : 239 bytes (without brackets) :
Je place ici des tirets qui sont ceux de Place Charles-de-Gaulle de même nature
que le tiret entre Saint et Denis dans Strasbourg - Saint-Denis (métro de
Paris). Voir aussi Gare Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 1 ou [[Aéroport
Paris-Charles-de-G
*History tab entry at
http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gare_Charles-de-Gaulle_-_%C3%89toile&action=history
cut text : 150 bytes (without brackets) :
Je place ici des tirets qui sont ceux de Place Charles-de-Gaulle de même nature
que le tiret entre Saint et Denis dans [[Strasbourg - Saint-Denis (mét
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