When a page has pending edits and it is opened for editing using VisualEditor, there is a dropdown box with a notice about this. When a page has a template or a file with pending changes is opened for editing, the dropdown box does not appear.
An example on the Russian Wikipedia:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%88
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52440
Specifically, not only does the dropdown box not appear, but the notice that was on the page before clicking "edit" disappears, leaving absolutely no notice.
Yes, this is intentional (as the tool interferes with VisualEditor and will need re-writing/merging into VE to work properly).
The notice above the page having transcluded files or templates with outstanding changes feels like one of the things that should appear in the wikitext page's edit notices (and so on VisualEditor's panel too) - not sure why it doesn't. Is this a Pending Changes bug?
Change 123875 had a related patch set uploaded by Alex Monk:
Show pending changes notice about unstable transclusions in VE
(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #3)
Shouldn't this appear on the wikitext editor too then?
Maybe create a further bug for that in FlaggedRevisions?
(In reply to James Forrester from comment #5)
(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #3)
Shouldn't this appear on the wikitext editor too then?
Maybe create a further bug for that in FlaggedRevisions?
I just noticed that it was already made - by you. And it's what this bug is marked as depending on.
(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #6)
(In reply to James Forrester from comment #5)
(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #3)
Shouldn't this appear on the wikitext editor too then?
Maybe create a further bug for that in FlaggedRevisions?
I just noticed that it was already made - by you. And it's what this bug is
marked as depending on.
Ha. Never mind me. :-)
Change 123875 merged by jenkins-bot:
Show pending changes notice about unstable transclusions in VE