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Special pages for delete and protect
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Feature summary
Redirect Special:Delete/Foo to Foo?action=delete, and Special:Protect/Foo to Foo?action=protect.

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I once wanted to link to Special:Delete on another wiki, then realized that it doesn't even exist. Comparing to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foo&action=delete, [[:w:Special:Delete/Foo]] is shorter, easier to type (needless of those "?" and "&"), and more wiki-like. The same with action=protect. We already have 'Special:EditPage' for edit, 'Special:PageHistory' for history, 'Special:PageInfo' for info, so why can't there be special redirects for delete and protect?

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Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action"mediawiki/corewmf/1.38.0-wmf.9+0 -99
Rename Special:Delete/Protect to Special:DeletePage/ProtectPagemediawiki/coremaster+34 -69
Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect actionmediawiki/coremaster+101 -0
Customize query in gerrit

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NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh created this task.Nov 12 2021, 5:29 PM
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Reedy added a project: good first task.Nov 12 2021, 9:05 PM
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Tagging this as easy.

Using SpecialPageHistory as an example, it should be trivial to create similar pages for Delete and Protect.

rMWf3e2b140c821: Create abstract special page SpecialRedirectWithAction, and use it. from T13456: Add Special-page redirects for page actions for easy wiki linkage (Special:History, Special:Edit, Special:Purge, Special:PageInfo) was the basis for this work, and should be similar in implementation. SpecialRedirectWithAction doesn't need re-creating though.

Reedy updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 12 2021, 9:26 PM
Zabe subscribed.Nov 12 2021, 11:44 PM
Xaosflux subscribed.Nov 13 2021, 1:38 AM

T233987 seems to already cover half of this

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 11:06 AM

Change 738508 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[mediawiki/core@master] Create Special pages for delete and protect action

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/738508

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 13 2021, 11:06 AM
Zabe added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 11:27 AM
In T295611#7501286, @Xaosflux wrote:

T233987 seems to already cover half of this

That task is about converting the deletion logic from an action page to a special page. This task is just about creating a redirect from Spedial:Delete to the deletion action page.

Xaosflux added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 11:35 AM
In T295611#7501494, @Zabe wrote:
In T295611#7501286, @Xaosflux wrote:

T233987 seems to already cover half of this

That task is about converting the deletion logic from an action page to a special page. This task is just about creating a redirect from Spedial:Delete to the deletion action page.

Thanks, though these do seem to be mutually exclusive - so if this one is done that other one may need to be declined?

Reedy added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 1:13 PM
In T295611#7501495, @Xaosflux wrote:
In T295611#7501494, @Zabe wrote:
In T295611#7501286, @Xaosflux wrote:

T233987 seems to already cover half of this

That task is about converting the deletion logic from an action page to a special page. This task is just about creating a redirect from Spedial:Delete to the deletion action page.

Thanks, though these do seem to be mutually exclusive - so if this one is done that other one may need to be declined?

Potentially, yeah. The other is marked as stalled and waiting various PM type reviews. Can probably stay open (for now?) but when this is merged a comment left there to say it might not be needed anymore.

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 1:52 PM

Change 738508 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/738508

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.9; 2021-11-16).Nov 13 2021, 2:00 PM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 13 2021, 2:10 PM
Reedy closed this task as Resolved.Nov 13 2021, 3:30 PM
Reedy assigned this task to Zabe.
Xaosflux mentioned this in T233987: Convert deletion from action page to new `Special:Delete`.Nov 13 2021, 4:03 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 13 2021, 10:37 PM

Change 738555 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[mediawiki/core@master] Rename Special:Delete/Protect to Special:DeletePage/ProtectPage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/738555

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 13 2021, 10:37 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 18 2021, 6:52 PM

Change 738555 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Rename Special:Delete/Protect to Special:DeletePage/ProtectPage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/738555

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.12; 2021-12-06); removed MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.9; 2021-11-16).Nov 18 2021, 7:00 PM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 18 2021, 7:10 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 22 2021, 11:00 PM

Change 740689 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[mediawiki/core@wmf/1.38.0-wmf.9] Revert \"Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action\"

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/740689

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 22 2021, 11:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 23 2021, 12:42 AM

Change 740689 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@wmf/1.38.0-wmf.9] Revert \"Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action\"

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/740689

Stashbot added a comment.Nov 23 2021, 12:48 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-11-23T00:48:20Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized php-1.38.0-wmf.9/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php: rMW7c0e074883ec: Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action" (T295611; T296203; 1/4) (duration: 00m 56s)

Stashbot mentioned this in T296203: monobook-action-delete and monobook-action-protect need to be changed back.Nov 23 2021, 12:48 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-11-23T00:49:33Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized php-1.38.0-wmf.9/includes/specials/: rMW7c0e074883ec: Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action" (T295611; T296203; 2/4) (duration: 00m 55s)

Stashbot added a comment.Nov 23 2021, 12:50 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-11-23T00:50:43Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized php-1.38.0-wmf.9/autoload.php: rMW7c0e074883ec: Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action" (T295611; T296203; 3/4) (duration: 00m 55s)

Stashbot added a comment.Nov 23 2021, 12:51 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-11-23T00:51:34Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Started scap: rMW69aa4a733c0e: rMW7c0e074883ec: Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action" (T295611; T296203; 4/4)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 23 2021, 1:10 AM
Stashbot added a comment.Nov 23 2021, 1:17 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-11-23T01:17:24Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Finished scap: rMW69aa4a733c0e: rMW7c0e074883ec: Revert "Create redirect Special Pages for delete and protect action" (T295611; T296203; 4/4) (duration: 25m 50s)

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