https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31090
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Bug #: 31090
Summary: several issues with #babel
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Babel
AssignedTo: rob...@rhl.me.uk
ReportedBy: a.d.be...@web.de
Classification: Unclassified
I have found several issues with the babel-Extension, and I'm too lazy to
create a report each.
* Substitution does not work, because the babel table misses the extra css
file.
* The used templates only show up in the "used templates section" after you've
clicked on [preview]:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer:Raymond&action=edit#mw-editTools,
and they don't show up in the backlinklist.
* There is no way to set the gender parameter ("mw"), which often has a option
for the value "1". My propose would be to allow named parameters, which then
are forwarded to each od the used templates.
* And of course there is no way to configure the look-and-feel of
non-template-based boxes, which was the big point for all those smaller wikis
that really /need/ the extension. But that's Bug 31084.
* Also, there might be problems with the for-loop. It should not allow more
cycles than the number of supported languages. I've tried, you can make every
server report technical errors by passing 5000 three-letter arguments to the
function. I'm not sure whether this is a security hole.
* I guess the extension can be heavily misused, cause every user is allowed to
create templates in the [[{{int:babel-template}}...]]-schema. As an example for
what is possible today try
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Vorlagen_expandieren?input=%7B%7B%23Babel%3AWikiquote%7CSUL%7C~%7Ccommitted%20identity%7CEgyp%7Cfr%2FDoku%7D%7D,
but I think there are clever minds who will use the #babel function as a
replacement for the #forargs function. I also think it would be more suitable
to activate that one, and build the normal Babel-Templates with it, as the
system messages for understanding of languages could be used on smaller wikis
where there are no templates.
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