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As the anon user asks in https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299 , "Will there be a way to view the source of someone's comment, for things like viewing code examples where the commenter hasn't put it in <code> tags? I don't expect just anyone to be able to edit others comments, but being able to see their code would be useful." In wiki pages, action=edit always shows the source of the page, and if you don't have rights to change it then it switches to a read-only "View source for <e.g. Main Page> ... You can view and copy the source of this page:". When the wiki think you can't edit a page, its [Edit] tab changes to [View source]. But the equivalent action=edit-post for a Flow post simply fails with "Insufficient permission to access the content." So perhaps Edit in a post's action menu could similarly switch to View source if you don't have rights to edit (geeky "View source" icon TBD). (In a former life I requested action=view_source for wiki pages in bug 19681, Brion Vibber shot it down 8-) .) -------------------------- **Version**: master **Severity**: enhancement **URL**: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&topic[postId]=050f371f63dd034818d4782bcb077299&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299&action=edit-post

As the anon user asks in https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299 , > "Will there be a way to view the source of someone's comment, for things like viewing code examples where the commenter hasn't put it in <code> tags? > > I don't expect just anyone to be able to edit others comments, but being able to see their code would be useful." In wiki pages, action=edit always shows the source of the page, and if you don't have rights to change it then it switches to a read-only "View source for <e.g. Main Page> ... You can view and copy the source of this page:". When the wiki think you can't edit a page, its [Edit] tab changes to [View source]. But the equivalent action=edit-post for a Flow post simply fails with "Insufficient permission to access the content." So perhaps Edit in a post's action menu could similarly switch to View source if you don't have rights to edit (geeky "View source" icon TBD). (In a former life I requested action=view_source for wiki pages in bug 19681, Brion Vibber shot it down 8-) .) -------------------------- **Version**: master **Severity**: enhancement **URL**: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&topic[postId]=050f371f63dd034818d4782bcb077299&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299&action=edit-post

As the anon user asks in https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299 , > "Will there be a way to view the source of someone's comment, for things like viewing code examples where the commenter hasn't put it in <code> tags? > > I don't expect just anyone to be able to edit others comments, but being able to see their code would be useful." In wiki pages, action=edit always shows the source of the page, and if you don't have rights to change it then it switches to a read-only "View source for <e.g. Main Page> ... You can view and copy the source of this page:". When the wiki think you can't edit a page, its [Edit] tab changes to [View source]. But the equivalent action=edit-post for a Flow post simply fails with "Insufficient permission to access the content." So perhaps Edit in a post's action menu could similarly switch to View source if you don't have rights to edit (geeky "View source" icon TBD). (In a former life I requested action=view_source for wiki pages in bug 19681, Brion Vibber shot it down 8-) .) -------------------------- **Version**: master **Severity**: enhancement **URL**: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow&topic[postId]=050f371f63dd034818d4782bcb077299&workflow=050f371f63d1034818d4782bcb077299&action=edit-post