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Ask a summary for any change, even in discussions
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Description

To help all users, Mediawiki ask a summary to explain each change.
But not for new sections in discussions page from March 2018.
That fail each time, and entangle old and new paragraphs.

This renewed task can help many users.

Old description :

When adding a sub-section === from a section ==, a strange mix occurred.

To try to reproduce:

  • Edit directly the wikicode
  • Select only the title of the section ==
  • Replace it by the same title of the section ==
  • Then add the title of a sub-section ===
  • Then add some paragraphs.

Sought result: a new sub-section === followed by some paragraphs.

Result to verify or to infirm:
A mix where new paragraphs replace titles of old sub-sections ===
But not exactly, the mix seems too complex to describe.

Exemple of abnormal diff: parser has entangled old and new paragraphs.

Event Timeline

Matthewrbowker subscribed.

Hello, thank you for your report. I've gone ahead and added an appropriate tag. If this tag is incorrect, feel free to change it!

Aklapper changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Aug 16 2017, 9:06 AM

Hi @Rical,
Unfortunately this report lacks some information. If you have time and can still reproduce the problem: Please add a more complete description to this report: 1) a list of steps to reproduce which leave no room for interpretation what to do, 2) describing actual results and 3) describing expected results after performing the steps to reproduce. All three as separate sections.
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Looking at the provided link, I do not know what you epxected instead, what you exactly changed and entered, and what is "entangled" exactly.

Ideally, exact and clear steps to reproduce should allow any other person to follow these steps (without having to interpret those steps) and see the same results. Problems that others can reliably reproduce can get fixed faster. Thanks!

Aklapper changed the task status from Stalled to Open.Aug 18 2017, 12:00 PM

Some minutes ago an other case happended in this diff.
As usual, I added a section after an other, then I can comment the new section.
But this time, that added also after my edit some lignes which do not appear in the diff. The first added is : ↑ (en) K.S. Jayaraman, « Cold fusion success in Japan gets warm reception in India », 27 mai 2008 : « a historic experiment...LENR has matured sufficiently...Prime Minister »
Perhaps in this case 3 direct links to web pages have "invite" the parser to add 7 other sources.
I do not correct the result until you see it.

Some minutes ago a case happended in this diff and destroyed 7 lines.
As usual, I added a section -- after an other section --, then I can comment the new section.
Then 7 lines with 7 links to 7 sources of the precedent section are displayd in the new section.
And these 7 lines desapeard in the precedent section and in the new.
The part which desapeard was the fist line which begin with a square blue point.

I propose to ask a comment from the user in the new sections like in changes.

Rical renamed this task from In a rare case, the parser entangled old and new paragraphs to Ask a summary for any change, even in discussions.Apr 21 2018, 10:37 AM
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