https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66437
--- Comment #2 from Thiemo Mättig <thiemo.maet...@wikimedia.de> ---
(In reply to Henning from comment #1)
> How can you be sure that the user does not want to enter "wikida"
If the user knows "wikida" is in the list, he can type "wikida" and nothing bad
will happen, with or without auto-completion.
If "wikida" is not in the list, what's more common?
1. A user typing "wikida", hitting enter and expecting to get an error message,
which is currently the case and what I find useless and confusing ("The
specified article could not be found on the corresponding site. Details: The
external client site did not provide page information").
2. A user typing "wikida", hitting enter and expecting the first match (which
is "Wikidata") to be saved?
I know that there is an argument for _not_ having auto-completion, but I
consider the arguments for having it much stronger.
> You get "Allegro Film" as first suggestion although there is an article
> "Allegro".
Which is an issue I would happily fix.
> auto-completing adds to the assumption that only the suggested values
> are valid values.
Which is always the case.
> But is saving one keypress worth the effort
It's not only about saving key presses, it's about what the users expect.
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