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<inputbox> should allow to set predefined titles
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Author: gangleri

Description:
Hallo!

<inputbox> is a great achivement.

a) However it might be usefull to provide the ability to *insert predefined
titles* (for the articles to be created. Each wiki could decide (on each
occurence) if it would start with sandbox, a timestamp or what prefix / sufix
would be best related to the location of <inputbox> on a particular page.
Practice will show how usefull this would be.

b) Another issue I am not aware is if there is an alternative to place the
"header" *between* the input box and the button and
c) to have *another button label* then the one specified in
[[MediaWiki:Createarticle]].

Why to ask for this enhancement:
Wiki software should be intuitive and flexible without many "you just have to
know" - "you need to follow the procedure step by step". Do not believe that all
visitors read every bit of a page. At the beginning I pressed the button myself
*without* inserintg any title leading to edit (the protected) [[Main Page]]. I
assume that these additions would help to avoid similar situations.

Thanks in advance! Best regards [[user:gangleri]]

P.S. I am not quite shure if <inputbox> is an extension of not. If so please
change the Product: to MediaWiki extensions , if necessary create one.
http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__all__&product=&content=inputbox
shows also bug 2788 and bug 2286


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Inputbox#par_default

Details

Reference
bz2805

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:41 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz2805.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

(perhaps to be set into the URL field of this bugzilla ?)

  • changed Product code to "MediaWiki extensions"

Gangleri, please file separate bugs for separate enhancement requests, thanks.

<inputbox> now supports a default= parameter to set the preferred default title.

gangleri wrote:

splited bug:

  • bug 2847: "<inoutbox> usage of template constructs to generate the "default"

option"

  • bug 2842: "<inputbox> should allow alternatively to place the header *between*

the inputbox and the button not only above the inputbox"

  • bug 2844: "<inputbox> should allow allow to label a button differently then

[[MediaWiki:Createarticle]]"

changed title: <inputbox> should allow to set predefined titles
changed url to: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Inputbox

<s>note: this bug could be used as <inputbox> tracking bug;</s>

marked as FIXED