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(Doug wrote on T29860#333525 comment #9) > There was never any reason to make this change. The correct change as noted by > Nemo_bis, was to uncheck the box by default and possibly remove the option to > change this to checked by default, not remove the box from new pages > altogether. Nobody ever really asked for that change; two alternatives were > presented and one was simply implemented without comment as to why that was > perceived as the better alternative. > > Additionally, the original problem was characterized as being for making a "New > Section" not creating a page, a new section to an already existing page is > actually less likely to be minor than a new page is. This should be reverted > unless there is a wiki that thinks it actually needs it to be turned on - that > is that they never have minor page creations even for redirects - unless you're > a bot, bots can still create new pages as minor. The new behaviour of the preference must be triggered by a new configuration variable, false by default.

(Doug wrote on T29860#333525) > There was never any reason to make this change. The correct change as noted by > Nemo_bis, was to uncheck the box by default and possibly remove the option to > change this to checked by default, not remove the box from new pages > altogether. Nobody ever really asked for that change; two alternatives were > presented and one was simply implemented without comment as to why that was > perceived as the better alternative. > > Additionally, the original problem was characterized as being for making a "New > Section" not creating a page, a new section to an already existing page is > actually less likely to be minor than a new page is. This should be reverted > unless there is a wiki that thinks it actually needs it to be turned on - that > is that they never have minor page creations even for redirects - unless you're > a bot, bots can still create new pages as minor. The new behaviour of the preference must be triggered by a new configuration variable, false by default.

(Doug wrote on T29860#333525 comment #9) > There was never any reason to make this change. The correct change as noted by > Nemo_bis, was to uncheck the box by default and possibly remove the option to > change this to checked by default, not remove the box from new pages > altogether. Nobody ever really asked for that change; two alternatives were > presented and one was simply implemented without comment as to why that was > perceived as the better alternative. > > Additionally, the original problem was characterized as being for making a "New > Section" not creating a page, a new section to an already existing page is > actually less likely to be minor than a new page is. This should be reverted > unless there is a wiki that thinks it actually needs it to be turned on - that > is that they never have minor page creations even for redirects - unless you're > a bot, bots can still create new pages as minor. The new behaviour of the preference must be triggered by a new configuration variable, false by default.