Title is ignored when curid is passed (RecentChanges hist link does not work)
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	Strainu
	Jun 24 2016, 10:17 AM

Description

Problem

Visiting any URL with curid, the curid seems to trump the title
e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&curid=34406167

In mobile, given the history page is a special page this creates problems, as the URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:History/Johnny_Guitar_(song)&curid=34406167 doesn't do what's expected (behave like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Guitar_(song)&curid=37271490&action=history)

Original report

Visit Special:RecentChanges on the mobile website and click any of the "history" link of one of the articles. The link will take you to the history URL of the current version (e.g. https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:History/Timi%C8%99oara&curid=5524) instead of the URL of the history pages (https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Timi%C8%99oara).

The users expect from the desktop site that the link called "History" takes them to the history page, not an ancient version of the page/

Developer notes

The addition of curid seems to override the title. Why?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:History/Johnny_Guitar_(song)&curid=34406167

Details

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Drop History override on mobile	mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend	master	+0 -302
	Remove the SpecialMobile(Watchlist\|History\|Contributions) page and use the core versions	mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend	master	+103 -1 K

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T158181 Aim for workflow equivalence for MediaWiki on desktop and mobile web
		Resolved		Jdlrobson	T138575 Title is ignored when curid is passed (RecentChanges hist link does not work)

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Strainu created this task.Jun 24 2016, 10:17 AM

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Jdlrobson renamed this task from History link in mobile RecentChanges takes you to the current version instead of the history page to Title is ignored when curid is passed.Jul 25 2017, 5:59 PM

Jdlrobson added projects: MediaWiki-General, MobileFrontend, Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking), MediaWiki-Page-diffs.

Jdlrobson updated the task description. (Show Details)

Jdlrobson moved this task from Needs triage to Triaged on the Mobile board.

curid indeed overrides title, that's expected. I don't know if there is a specific reason for it, but it has always been that way and it's documented e.g. at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Page_revision_or_version. MobileFrontend seems to be generating the links wrong.

Jdlrobson renamed this task from Title is ignored when curid is passed to Title is ignored when curid is passed (RecentChanges hist link does not work).Jul 25 2017, 6:03 PM

Jdlrobson merged a task: T118130: Clicking on "hist" links on Special:Recentchanges in mobile web does not lead to page history.

Jdlrobson added subscribers: aude, StudiesWorld.

matmarex renamed this task from Title is ignored when curid is passed (RecentChanges hist link does not work) to Title is ignored when curid is passed.Jul 25 2017, 6:03 PM

matmarex renamed this task from Title is ignored when curid is passed to Title is ignored when curid is passed (RecentChanges hist link does not work).

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Jdlrobson moved this task from Untriaged to Discuss further on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Jul 27 2017, 3:48 PM

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Jdlrobson added a parent task: T158181: Aim for workflow equivalence for MediaWiki on desktop and mobile web.Jun 20 2018, 2:41 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to MobileFrontend Special Pages on the MobileFrontend board.Oct 18 2018, 7:02 PM

Jdlrobson edited projects, added MobileFrontend (MobileFrontend Special Pages); removed MobileFrontend.

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to History on the MobileFrontend (MobileFrontend Special Pages) board.Feb 21 2019, 6:33 PM

Change 499864 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; owner: Jdlrobson):
[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] Remove the SpecialMobile(History|Contributions) page and use the core versions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/499864

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 28 2019, 6:56 PM

Change 499864 abandoned by Jdlrobson:
Remove the SpecialMobile(Watchlist|History|Contributions) page and use the core versions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/499864

Change 501449 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; owner: Jdlrobson):
[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] Drop History override on mobile

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/501449

Change 501449 abandoned by Jdlrobson:
Drop History override on mobile

Reason:
Not enough resources/focus to work on this right now.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/501449

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Jdlrobson moved this task from Discuss further to Untag on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Dec 7 2021, 7:30 PM

Jdlrobson removed a project: Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking).Dec 7 2021, 7:46 PM