https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48239
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Bug ID: 48239
Summary: Special:MovePage's namespace dropdown menu needs
further thought
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: b...@mzmcbride.com
Classification: Unclassified
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Special:MovePage now has a namespace dropdown menu, but on certain wikis (such
as the English Wikipedia), I've observed this pattern of behavior:
1. User creates an article draft at "User:John Smith/Turtles and fish".
2. User goes to move the page at Special:MovePage.
3. User removes "John Smith" from the input field, fills in a reason, and then
clicks move page.
4. Page ends up in the wrong location ("User:Turtles and fish").
Alternate scenario:
3. User removes "John Smith" from the input field, selects "Wikipedia" (because
they want to publish their article on Wikipedia, after all, not realizing this
is the site's meta-namespace), fills in a reason, and then clicks move page.
4. Page ends up in the wrong location ("Wikipedia:Turtles and fish").
I'm not sure how to best solve this. My inclination would be to add a
confirmation screen (or use JavaScript) to say "THIS IS WHAT YOUR NEW PAGE
TITLE WILL LOOK LIKE: 'User:Turtles and fish'. OKAY?" I'm not sure this would
help if it read "THIS IS WHAT YOUR NEW PAGE TITLE WILL LOOK LIKE:
'Wikipedia:Turtles and fish'."
This needs further thought.
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