https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54730
Nemo <federicol...@tiscali.it> changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Nemo <federicol...@tiscali.it> ---
[Mid-air collision.]
(In reply to comment #3)
> This request is essentially asking for MediaWiki to intentionally expose a
> non-functioning control. The general design principle in MediaWiki is to only
> show functional user interface elements (for example, unprivileged users are
> not shown a delete tab or a protect tab), though perhaps there's a reasonable
> case to make an exception here.
This is a good point to make, but I don't think action=delete is a fair
comparison.
A fair comparison are IMHO red links: they are established practice because
they expose the nature of the wiki, though they are not super-intuitive and
they've had their problems (bug 13058, bug 17288, bug 32052 + I think their
title said "create page" at some point), not to mention that on en.wiki you
have to become autoconfirmed in order to actually do something with them.
I also see "upload" links in the sidebar on en.wiki and it.wiki but those are
arguably bugs of those local customisations.
What the red link teaches us is that we must not send users to a place where
they are going to be confused. If I try action=delete as unregistered users I
only get a nasty permission error; if I try action=watch, I get a link to
login, then I have to click "Join {{SITENAME}}" and register, then go back and
watch my article, which is not ideal but is doable (I feared a token error, now
that watchlisting requires a token).
Possible improvements (before or after adding the watchlist button) are:
1) add a returnto so that I can more easily get back where I started, generate
a token in some way;
2) reduce the number of clicks or otherwise improve the location where the
unregistered user is sent (maybe a page linking also the atom feed? or
something else not requiring registration which the user could be expecting
there).
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