This seems related to T173763: VisualEditor doesn't play well with salted redlinks.

In T176070#3618730, @Deskana wrote:

Do we want to cram these notices into that tiny box? That doesn't good, but not displaying them is probably even worse.

Like I said, ideally it'd be shown above the edit area. In my opinion edit notices and AbuseFilter warnings should be shown there too, since some are not designed to fit in a tiny flyout and convey important information (e.g. Template:Newarticletext-unconfirmed, MediaWiki:Abusefilter-unexplained-removal). I'm unsure what the reason was behind this design over showing it like it is normally shown, but in the case of the deletion log I don't think the flyout is going to work :/

I also can't click on the "View or restore N deleted edits?" link, e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uncle_suraj_oldest_human_being_since_starting_of_universe&action=edit&redlink=1

(Also T153118 I think.)

Elitre asked me to comment here. This is just to confirm MusikAnimal's point above that the clickable link that admins see on pages with deleted edits—"View or restore [X number of] deleted edits?"—is not clickable with the new wikitext editor.

In T176070#3685561, @SlimVirgin wrote:

Elitre asked me to comment here. This is just to confirm MusikAnimal's point above that the clickable link that admins see on pages with deleted edits—"View or restore [X number of] deleted edits?"—is not clickable with the new wikitext editor.

Yeah, it's a problem. These kinds of issues would need to be resolved before this feature is considered for being moved out of beta.

At least in my workflow, when I click on a red link, I almost always just want to see the log and not actually recreate the page. I realize this is a MediaWiki thing (adding action=edit to red links) and not VE/NWE, but I thought I'd comment.

So ideally, for me, and probably for other admins and power users, the deletion log and "View or restore..." link would be immediately shown on page load. The info flyout is only shown after VE/NWE finishes loading, which is only a few seconds, but would be enough to noticeably slow down my work. However right now I'm manually removing the "&action=edit" from the URL which obviously is even worse.

Thanks for all you do. There are only a few issues with NWE that's hampering my admin duties (this and T168533, namely), but overall I'm a huge fan and am looking forward to these issues being resolved so I can say goodbye to the old wikitext editor for good :)

Am I right in thinking that T199087 is a duplicate of this? Because I have a patch for that which gets us:

In T176070#4466014, @DLynch wrote:

Am I right in thinking that T199087 is a duplicate of this? Because I have a patch for that which gets us:

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That gives us the log, so yes. There were was also talk about having the log above the edit area, rather than in the flyout, but I suppose that is a separate issue.

Yay!

In T176070#4466132, @MusikAnimal wrote:

but I suppose that is a separate issue.

Sort of? You made those comments earlier on this task.

I mostly agree with your description of the task flow issues with VE loading always with red links at T176070#36914307, but at least I don't have to manipulate the URL with it in the flyout (which might also reasonably be not enough in the user's face who might otherwise recreate the page anyway).

In T176070#4467140, @Izno wrote:

In T176070#4466132, @MusikAnimal wrote:

but I suppose that is a separate issue.

Sort of? You made those comments earlier on this task.

Yeah, but that's more of a design decision. Putting stuff above the edit area will conflict with the way VE works now. I'm sure that aspect needs deeper thought.

but at least I don't have to manipulate the URL with it in the flyout

I'm with you on that. Being able to see quickly see the log makes my workflow much easier, even if it may look a little cluttered.