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edit sections by name and allow creation of sections with previously nonexistent names
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Description

Author: Bernhard.Fastenrath

Description:
Allow to edit sections by name (instead of by number) and allow to create
sections with previously nonexistent names as first or last sub-section of
existing sections.

This would, for example, allow to link to generic section names on talk pages.

A template like http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Template:Comments could link
to a nonexistent section and the section would be created on demand.

Allowing to create nonexistent sections as sub-sections would allow to put all
responses through "Template:Comments" under a common header.

Details

Reference
bz9239

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 9:35 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz9239.
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Just out of curiosity, where would the newly created (sub)sections be placed?
Presumably at the end of a page. But that might not be the convenient/desired place.

Bernhard.Fastenrath wrote:

see Bug #9242.

robchur wrote:

I'm not sure I see a clear use case for this. I also see some possible problems with respect to complex section names, non-unique section names, and I don't see how this would be presented to the user.

*** Bug 14877 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

wyvernoid wrote:

(In reply to comment #4)

I'm not sure I see a clear use case for this. I also see some possible problems
with respect to complex section names, non-unique section names, and I don't
see how this would be presented to the user.

Complex section names isn't really a problem as far as I'm concerned, as long as there exists a way to simplify them (which is always true since we do the same for section <a name=" anchors). As for non-unique section names, we could again use the way section anchors handle it (use section_name_2, section_name_3, section_name_n... etc.).

  • Bug 15575 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:01 AM
Aklapper removed a subscriber: wikibugs-l-list.
Ilovemydoodle2 renamed this task from edit sections by name and allow to create sections with previously nonexistent names to edit sections by name and allow creation of sections with previously nonexistent names.Jun 9 2022, 5:37 PM
Ilovemydoodle2 raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.
Ilovemydoodle2 raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Jun 9 2022, 6:12 PM
Aklapper lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.Jun 12 2022, 10:09 PM

@Ilovemydoodle2: Do you plan to work on fixing this task, as you increased the priority of this task? You are welcome to increase priority and set yourself as task assignee if you plan to work on fixing this, as the Priority field summarizes and reflects reality and does not cause it.

@Ilovemydoodle2: Do you plan to work on fixing this task, as you increased the priority of this task? You are welcome to increase priority and set yourself as task assignee if you plan to work on fixing this, as the Priority field summarizes and reflects reality and does not cause it.

I am not working on it, but I do desperately need it for several Templates.

Ilovemydoodle2 raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.Jun 14 2022, 1:54 PM
Aklapper lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.Jun 14 2022, 2:31 PM

@Ilovemydoodle2: In that case please do not touch the Priority field and please read the links I posted in my previous comment. Thanks.

@Ilovemydoodle2: In that case please do not touch the Priority field and please read the links I posted in my previous comment. Thanks.

I do not plan on fixing this as I am not a php developer.