Example: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Special:EmailUser&target=Neutralhomer
returns "You have not specified a target page or user on which to perform this function."
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Severity: normal
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T28439 Deploy updated WMF branch to production (February 2011) | |||
| Resolved | None | T29339 Bugs that should be fixed post 1.17 WMF deployment (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | None | T29526 Regression: email user does not support &target= anymore |
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r64903 changed 'target' to 'wpTarget'. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Special:EmailUser&wpTarget=Neutralhomer WFM.
Is this a regression or can the bug closed as WFM?
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hmm, this is now inconsistent with the other special pages such as special:contributions, what links here for instance. it also broke scripts that were using that format. (popups)
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happy.melon.wiki wrote:
I think that the URL parameters here should be independent of the name of the form fields, especially where we support a [[Special:EmailUser/UserName]] format. Fixed in r82392.