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VisualEditor: Message <anoneditwarning> should be displayed for anonymous users in the alerts box
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Description

Currently we don't alert users that they're outing their IP when they save. This is a Bad Thing(tm).


Version: unspecified
Severity: critical

Details

Reference
bz47842

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Unbreak Now!.Nov 22 2014, 1:21 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz47842.

Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/62143 (Gerrit Change Ib5c3284c646ebcc0a8cad0b02de559d7820e05a0)

Currently the extension doesn't let anon editors use it at all ( $skin->getUser()->getOption( 'visualeditor-enable' ) is required ), but I've put in a fix for when we do.

(In reply to comment #2)

Currently the extension doesn't let anon editors use it at all (
$skin->getUser()->getOption( 'visualeditor-enable' ) is required ), but I've
put in a fix for when we do.

Except for mediawikiwiki, where it's forced on for everyone, logged in or out, regardless of preference. :-)

mediawiki.org? I don't see it there.

(In reply to comment #4)

mediawiki.org? I don't see it there.

Compare https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_1.21&action=edit with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21?veaction=edit in an isolated browser (e.g. Chrome Incognito).

I see - wan't looking at main namespace.