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Name of the signature field does not changed in MediaWiki editor after restoring to the default values.
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Description

Author: nadeejw

Description:
Signature after restoring values

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Logged in to MediaWiki.
  2. Click on the 'My preferences' link.
  3. Click on the 'User profile'.
  4. Add a new signature.
  5. Open a wiki page in the editor mode.
  6. Click on the 'Signature' link.
  7. Click on the 'Save page' button.
  8. Observe the name appears.
  9. Click on the 'My preferences' link.
  10. Click on the 'Restore all default settings' button.
  11. Refresh the page saved on the step # 7.
  12. Compare the name appears.

Actual results:
Previous name displayed on the page.

Expected result:
Old name should be display.


Version: 1.18.x
Severity: minor
OS: Windows XP
Platform: PC

Attached:

Signature_after_restoring.JPG (934×1 px, 103 KB)

Details

Reference
bz26773

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 11:13 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz26773.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

What do you mean with "previous name" and "old name" ?

Your screenshot looks fine ?. You changed the signature setting, wrote ~~~~, and it appeared.
You reset the signature, wrotte ~~~~, and the default appeared.

Where is the issue ?

Please pay attention when you click "Edit" during your second attempt.
It no longer says "~~~~" it has been expanded to what you put in your preferences.

It cant change.

What you can do is put {{User:TestN/signature2}} in your user preference.

Then create [[User:TestN/signature2]] with {{User:TestN/signature}}.
And create [[User:TestN/signature]] with whatever you want your signature to be.

That way ~~~ doesn't put "[[User:TestN]]" on the page but a template ({{User:TestN/signature}}).
And as you may know, templates can be centrally changed.

if you want signatures to be dynamic. You will have to use an extension such as LQT[0]

Krinkle

[0] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LiquidThreads