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MediaWiki:Watchnologintext needs returnto parameter
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If I visit action=watch logged out, I get:

You must be <a href="/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin">logged in</a> to modify your watchlist.

Return to <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>.

The Special:UserLogin URL should include a returnto parameter so that after logging in/registering the user can at least get back to the original page.

Version: 1.23.0
Severity: normal
URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Performance_standards_for_new_features?action=watch

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 2:54 AM
• bzimport added projects: MW-1.23.0-release, MediaWiki-Watchlist, good first task, I18n.
• bzimport set Reference to bz60594.
Nemo_bis created this task.Jan 29 2014, 8:46 PM
Nemo_bis added a comment.Jan 29 2014, 9:04 PM

I hope that the "Return to MediaWiki" part doesn't mean the title= parameter is being ignored completely (so that it defaults to the main page) just because the token is absent or something. In that case, things might be trickier.

• bzimport added a comment.Feb 27 2014, 6:44 PM

mizael_88 wrote:

Returnto is to send you to a specific page. not to perform an action.
read http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:S_Page_(WMF)/Return_to

maybe this is not a bug.

Nemo_bis added a comment.Feb 28 2014, 7:43 AM

(In reply to Severino Mizael from comment #2)

Returnto is to send you to a specific page. not to perform an action.
read http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:S_Page_(WMF)/Return_to

I read it, but it didn't say anything new to me. :) I don't understand your comment, I'm asking returnto to contain a specific page i.e. the page one was in (this is the standard usage), not "to perform an action".

• bzimport added a comment.Feb 28 2014, 11:35 AM

mizael_88 wrote:

I was wrong earlier.
Now I see that if you use the "log in" option at the top right of the page Returnto works correctly. But if you use this "You must be logged in to modify your watchlist" does not work.

I'll try solve again.

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 30 2014, 3:08 AM

Change 122089 had a related patch set uploaded by Konarak:
MediaWiki:Watchnologintext: Add returnto parameter

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/122089

gerritbot added a comment.Apr 4 2014, 8:38 AM

Change 123837 had a related patch set uploaded by Konarak:
MediaWiki:Watchnologintext: Add returnto parameter

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/123837

gerritbot added a comment.Apr 4 2014, 8:40 AM

Change 122089 abandoned by Konarak:
MediaWiki:Watchnologintext: Add returnto parameter

Reason:
New patch set at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/123837

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/122089

matmarex added a comment.Apr 4 2014, 11:19 AM

(In reply to Nemo from comment #1)

I hope that the "Return to MediaWiki" part doesn't mean the title= parameter
is being ignored completely (so that it defaults to the main page) just
because the token is absent or something. In that case, things might be
trickier.

No, the user will just have to confirm the action by clicking "OK" one more time. You can test it by looking at e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=watch (the link has no token on it, obviously).

matmarex added a comment.Apr 6 2014, 1:11 AM

Thanks for the patch!

gerritbot added a comment.Apr 6 2014, 1:12 AM

Change 123837 merged by jenkins-bot:
WatchAction: Add 'returnto' and 'returntoquery' to the login link

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/123837

Aklapper added a project: Voice & Tone.May 24 2021, 9:37 PM
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