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"reverted"-type notifications should be based on the actual page content
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my "revert"-type notification

The Echo extensions sends notifications of type "reverted" without checking if the edit was an actual revert: in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=572391117 the IP added a single line return but preserved the original "undo" summary, and that triggered a notification to my account.

Instead, this check should be based on the actual page content. This could also work with non-mw rollback tools (Twinkle, etc.)

See Also:
T58574: Rollback notification doesn't check if it was a null revert
T154637: Notify users when manually reverting to an older revision

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 2:07 AM
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Ricordisamoa created this task.Sep 11 2013, 1:47 AM
Ricordisamoa added a comment.Sep 13 2013, 11:45 PM

see also https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=572814015#A_bit_concerned_about_revert_notifications.

Ricordisamoa added a comment.Sep 13 2013, 11:53 PM

oops, correct URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=572814015#A_bit_concerned_about_revert_notifications%2E

He7d3r added a comment.Sep 23 2013, 10:45 AM

Confirmed on Portuguese Wikipedia:

  1. Go to

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Página_de_testes/4?action=edit

  1. Make an edit:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=36963044

  1. Open the diff using another account and click on "undo":

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_de_testes/4&action=edit&undoafter=36960091&undo=36963044

  1. This will fill in the summary with the default revert summary, which in Portuguese is as follows:

"Desfeita a edição 36963044 de [[Special:Contribs/Reverta-me|Reverta-me]]"

  1. Restore the content which would be deleted by the reversion, and add some extra, and save:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=36963048

  1. Go to the first account and notice the reversion notification pointing to

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_de_testes/4&oldid=36963048&diff=prev

On the other hand,

  1. Make the same edit again and open the diff with another account:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=36963052

  1. Click on "undo" and copy the default revert summary
  2. Click on "edit" (i.e., discard the reversion and just start a new edit)
  3. Paste the revert summary in the summary field:

"Desfeita a edição 36963052 de [[Special:Contribs/Reverta-me|Reverta-me]]"

  1. Remove the content added by the first account from the edit box (i.e., make a "manual" reversion) and save:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=36963078

  1. The first account will NOT be notified of this reversion
• Spage added a comment.Sep 23 2013, 8:49 PM

Prioritization and scheduling of this bug is tracked on Mingle card https://mingle.corp.wikimedia.org/projects/flow/cards/249

Ricordisamoa added a comment.Aug 9 2014, 5:23 AM

Any updates on this?

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• Mattflaschen-WMF mentioned this in T85728: Revert notifications in Echo when "non-edit" contributions are in page history.Jan 9 2015, 5:07 AM
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EBernhardson merged a task: T59474: Very easy to spoof revert notification.Feb 27 2015, 6:53 PM
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• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subtask: T152434: Add method to Revision to check if it was a Revert, and whether an edit was Reverted.Aug 23 2017, 9:27 PM
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matej_suchanek added a subtask: T277649: Update Echo for the EditResult revert detection improvements.Jun 17 2021, 5:25 PM
ppelberg closed subtask T277649: Update Echo for the EditResult revert detection improvements as Resolved.Jul 20 2021, 11:52 PM
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This was resolved as part of introducing the EditResult class. Undos don't trigger a notification if they are not the result of a "clean" 3-way merge.

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