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Special:Search should suggest creating page in the namespace in which was searched
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:

Above the search results, it suggests creating "Reichstag spiderman" in the article space.

What should have happened instead?:

It should suggest creating "Wikipedia:Reichstag spiderman" instead (skipping the submit-a-draft bit), or omit the suggestion.

Screenshot:

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Details

Event Timeline

Aklapper renamed this task from Special:Search suggests creating in article space even if a different namespace was searched to Special:Search should suggest creating page in the namespace in which was searched.Jun 30 2025, 12:22 AM
Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Bug Report" to "Feature Request".

Change #1166913 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ebernhardson; author: Ebernhardson):

[mediawiki/core@master] search: create page in the searched namespace

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1166913

Change #1166913 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] search: create page in the searched namespace

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1166913