In advance of fixing bug 47328 (which will probably be after the July release), we need to prevent the broken behaviour outlined by C. Scott in bug 47328 comment 1 - so just refuse to load on a page which is a redirect?
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47328
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid | Jdforrester-WMF | T50426 VisualEditor: Pre-beta needs (tracker) | |||
| Resolved | Esanders | T49329 VisualEditor: Refuse to load for pages which are redirects |
dayuloli wrote:
For me, if you tried to edit a redirect page, it loads with the redirected page.
(In reply to comment #1)
For me, if you tried to edit a redirect page, it loads with the redirected
page.
Yes, this is current behaviour from Parsoid that will be fixed by fixing bug 47328, but that will leave users with a very confusing blank page. That is why I made this bug. :-)
It seems like it would be trivial to check whether the page is a redirect and simply disable VisualEditor if so. I'm adding the "easy" keyword to this bug.
(In reply to comment #3)
It seems like it would be trivial to check whether the page is a redirect and
simply disable VisualEditor if so. I'm adding the "easy" keyword to this bug.
It gets a bit trickier if the page does not yet exist, though.
Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/64275 (Gerrit Change I68836156c35c796aa2156c382992b0c105ae34cf)