CreateRedirect extension needs code cleanup
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	• MZMcBride
	Jan 24 2011, 5:49 AM

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The "CreateRedirect" extension was committed to SVN in r76578. It uses raw HTML and some other nastiness, which should probably be cleaned up. There may be XSS vulnerabilities in the code; using standard classes/functions dramatically reduces the likelihood of this (and it makes the code generally more readable and standardized).

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Reference: bz26898

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Major rewrite and misc. UX improvements	mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect	master	+203 -179

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Mentioned In: T297072: Licensing question: originally LGPL3-licensed extension: CreateRedirect
T157770: Extension:CreateRedirect doesn't handle categories gracefully

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 11:21 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Other.

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• MZMcBride created this task.Jan 24 2011, 5:49 AM

It seems that the original author hasn't touched this extension in years, but other regular contributors have.

Apparently only the DragonBall Encyclopedia uses it: http://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Extension:CreateRedirect

Is this an abandoned extension or not? Assuming Lowest priority for this bug report.

Krinkle updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 10 2014, 2:10 PM

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Danny_B moved this task from Unsorted to Cleanup on the Technical-Debt board.Jan 22 2016, 11:37 PM

Just a comment: this seems like a cleanup here would be a easy task. The body file is under 200 lines of code.

labster mentioned this in T157770: Extension:CreateRedirect doesn't handle categories gracefully.Feb 10 2017, 5:44 AM

Suggest archive this. Can't image that that user can respond here.

Nirobbins subscribed.Sep 30 2019, 7:01 PM

Hello,
I cleaned/rewrote the extension, please see https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/562647/

Change 562647 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: Edward Chernenko):
[mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect@master] Major rewrite and misc. UX improvements

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/562647

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 7 2020, 11:58 PM

Change 562647 had a related patch set uploaded (by Edward Chernenko; owner: Edward Chernenko):
[mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect@master] Major rewrite and misc. UX improvements

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/562647

Peachey88 edited projects, added MediaWiki-extensions-CreateRedirect; removed MediaWiki-extensions-Other.Jan 11 2020, 6:14 AM

DanielFriesen unsubscribed.Jan 11 2020, 6:15 AM

Change 562647 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect@master] Major rewrite and misc. UX improvements

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/562647

edwardspec closed this task as Resolved.Jan 22 2020, 11:24 AM

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edwardspec mentioned this in T297072: Licensing question: originally LGPL3-licensed extension: CreateRedirect.Dec 6 2021, 6:35 AM