Last modified: 2014-11-17 10:36:39 UTC
As noted at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&oldid=539378665#How_to_edit.E2.80.94or_request_an_edit.E2.80.94of_Special:SpecialPages, Special:PermanentLink is not documented at Special:SpecialPages.
HSJ pointed to https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=includes/SpecialPageFactory.php;h=4d635536a75f42074314abbb51a9b49634d255d8;hb=refs/heads/master#l155 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink gives "No such target page". Standard way to "document" such redirects is to use them in the interface, but the sidebar link includes the page title too.
(Hazard-SJ) :P
I would say this affects Special:Diff too. Fixing this would basically require doing two things for each of the affected special pages: * Adding `public function isListed() { return true; }` (see e.g. SpecialCreateAccount for an example). * Making them generate a form with brief instructions instead of an exception when no parameters are provided (see e.g. SpecialComparePages for an example, I think).
(In reply to Bartosz Dziewoński from comment #3) > I would say this affects Special:Diff too. > > Fixing this would basically require doing two things for each of the > affected special pages: > > * Adding `public function isListed() { return true; }` (see > e.g. SpecialCreateAccount for an example). > * Making them generate a form with brief instructions instead of an exception > when no parameters are provided (see e.g. SpecialComparePages for an > example, I think). It would be easy to accomplish, but generating a form would mean they would no longer extend RedirectSpecialPage. It's definitely feasible (e.g., mock-up <http://pirsquared-dev.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink>), but is there any problem with changing the inheritance?
(In reply to PiRSquared17 from comment #4) > It would be easy to accomplish, but generating a form would mean they would > no longer extend RedirectSpecialPage. It's definitely feasible (e.g., > mock-up <http://pirsquared-dev.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink>), but > is there any problem with changing the inheritance? There isn't, the SpecialPage subclasses exist only for convenience. If you are concerned, then you could just override the execute() method.
Change 129095 had a related patch set uploaded by Gerrit Patch Uploader: Document Special:Diff and Special:PermanentLink https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/129095
