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Get frequent page rename/move reasons from dropdown
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Feature summary: When I delete a page, I can choose frequent reasons from a dropdown that is defined by MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown. I would like to have this functionality for renaming. This is not my personal problem any more, as I solved it with JS at https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szerkeszt%C5%91:Bin%C3%A1ris/Renamereasons.js, and also made it available for huwiki users as a site gadget, but would be nicer and most efficient as a native MediaWiki solution which does not seem too hard compared to existing deletereasons.

Use case(s): Renaming is a common task, and reason is required. There is a bunch of usual reasons.

Benefits):

  • Helps users in filling the reason.
  • Predefined reasons make it possible to use standardised forms whenever they fit.
  • Standardised form is very useful in machine analyzing move logs.
  • Predefined reasons make it easy to link the corresponding guideline in move reason which makes it clearer, while users would not do it one by one.

Sorry if I dind't find the correct project, I am not familiar with MW structure.

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binbot triaged this task as Medium priority.Dec 14 2022, 11:52 PM
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Reedy raised the priority of this task from Medium to Needs Triage.Dec 15 2022, 12:33 AM
Reedy edited projects, added MediaWiki-Page-rename; removed MediaWiki-Core-Hooks.

Change 868752 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add dropdown for common move reasons on Special:MovePage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/868752

Change 868752 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add dropdown for common move reasons on Special:MovePage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/868752

Ladsgroup edited projects, added User-notice; removed Patch-For-Review.

@Umherirrender, thank you! Is the syntax of the dropdown same as syntax of MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown (* for sections, ** for items)?

@Umherirrender, thank you! Is the syntax of the dropdown same as syntax of MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown (* for sections, ** for items)?

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