Last modified: 2012-12-10 00:33:49 UTC
Created attachment 9814 [details] screenshot example Wikitax interlanguage links are not displayed in preview. Example: cs.wikinews user prefs: http://imgur.com/D0q7t
By preview, do you mean the existing signature, or the new signature?
(In reply to comment #1) > By preview, do you mean the existing signature, or the new signature? the existing signature display section of the user preferences, which is a preview of the user's signature.
Could you provide a copy of the wikitext that you are entering in the screenshot?
(In reply to comment #3) > Could you provide a copy of the wikitext that you are entering in the > screenshot? [[en:User:Amgine|Amgine]] / <sup>[[en:User talk:Amgine|t]]·[[Special:EmailUser/Amgine|e]]·<span class="plainlinks">[https://occupymediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Amgine omw]</span></sup> The issue is with the interlanguage link, which is visible in the screenshot.
Created attachment 9861 [details] Screenshot of Signature preview Screenshot of Signature preview
Created attachment 9862 [details] Screenshot of Main page with Signature Wikitext
Are you sure it is not a problem with the wikitext that is being input as the signature? I have tried the wikitext provided for the signature, and attached a screenshow of the preview in attachment 9861 [details]. I also tried the same wikitext on the mainpage of my wiki, which I have attached a screenshot of in attachment 9862 [details], and this does not appear to appear correctly.
Yes, I am sure it is not a problem with the wikitax. When the wikitax is altered to include the preceding ':', the preview works correctly: [[:en:User:Amgine|Amgine]] / <sup>[[:en:User talk:Amgine|t]]·[[Special:EmailUser/Amgine|e]]·<span class="plainlinks">[https://occupymediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Amgine omw]</span></sup> But this is not-intuitive, as links in the signature should work the same as everywhere else on the wiki.
In signatures, interwiki links are escaped so you can not use them. The correct way is to preprend it with : as said in comment #8. So that is really working as intended.
"But this is not-intuitive, as links in the signature should work the same as everywhere else on the wiki."
The [[en:foo]] syntax is meant to add an interwiki to "foo". By adding this in your signature that means adding that interwiki to the page your inserting your signature in. So that does not make any sense :)
Yes, it does make sense if the [[en:foo]] link is being made on cs.project.org. The use case is people editing on multiple languages of a single project, but primarily using one language of that project. (For example, editors of pa.wikipedia, hi.wikipedia, and en.wikipedia who prefer to be contacted on en.wikipedia.)
The larger problem, however, is having two different ways of doing the same thing, one only working in signatures, the other working everywhere but signatures.
