useskin URL parameter should persist through "show changes" / "show preview"
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	• MZMcBride
	Jan 6 2010, 6:42 AM

Description

When using a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&action=edit&useskin=chick , the &useskin= parameter is lost if the user uses the "Show changes" or "Show preview" buttons. This shouldn't happen.

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Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&action=edit&useskin=chick

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Reference: bz22029

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	EditPage: Preserve query parameters in form action	mediawiki/core	master	+16 -1

Customize query in gerrit

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open	Feature	None	T326058 Continue using skin if &useskin= is set
		Resolved	Feature	jhsoby	T24029 useskin URL parameter should persist through "show changes" / "show preview"

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:52 PM

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• MZMcBride created this task.Jan 6 2010, 6:42 AM

Why should these two be persistent when everything else isn't?

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Ammarpad mentioned this in T221881: ?uselang= URL parameter should persist until removed by the user.Apr 25 2019, 6:02 PM

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Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:01 AM

Xaosflux subscribed.May 23 2024, 2:26 PM

The user story here is really, "I want to be able to specify a skin when previewing changes so that I can make sure the changes are compatible with different skins before publishing the change", making this "persist" is a proposed technical solution, but any solution to that story should work.

Pppery added a parent task: T326058: Continue using skin if &useskin= is set.Aug 1 2024, 10:33 PM

Ammarpad closed this task as a duplicate of T326058: Continue using skin if &useskin= is set.Aug 30 2024, 4:53 PM

Like T155097, I am reopening this because I don't consider it a duplicate. T326058 is about adding useskin for all links, while this is about making it persist when used in the edit form, which is a very different use case entirely.