https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17963
Roan Kattouw <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #5 from Roan Kattouw <[email protected]> 2009-03-17 22:10:18 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4) > > It does deal with them by showing "view source" tabs instead of edit tabs > > above > > a protected page, > > Let's talk about when the talk page doesn't exist. > You give them a red link inviting them to go edit a talk page that > doesn't exist and they have no permission to edit. > That'd confuse people, because they expect the talk tab to be there. When the talk tab is just gone, it's far from obvious that that's because the talk page doesn't exist and can't be created by the user. > You don't give them a link to delete a page that they don't have any > permission to delete, True, delete tabs are hidden for users without delete rights, and move tabs are hidden on move-protected pages. Still, these are different: move and delete are actions, the article/talk tabs are for navigation. > so why then give them a talk link that they will > totally regret clicking? > "totally regret" is kind of hyperbolic: seeing a page that says you're not allowed to create the talk page and then clicking Back to get back to where you were is not a big deal. Also, I believe the principle of least surprise applies here: showing a link that leads to an error message is less confusing than not showing the link at all when people expect it to be there. > > That means not showing the tabs at all (a suggestion you repeat below), > > which > > is pretty confusing, especially for the article/talk tab. > > At least don't give them a "bait and switch" talk tab. > Then what do you suggest? You either show the tab or you don't, and not showing it is the more confusing option. Closing this bug as WONTFIX, since it requests something that'll harm rather than improve usability. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
