https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156


Al Maghi <alfred.ma...@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




--- Comment #49 from Al Maghi <alfred.ma...@gmail.com>  2009-07-12 17:53:50 UTC 
---
(In reply to comment #48)
> That is not a fix.  That is a way for users to work around the problem.  The
> request is to fix it, by default, in the core software.

As there is a core solution with URL link:
title={{FULLPAGENAME}}&action=edit&editsection=0 the bug matters with where to
add an extra edit-top link. As there is non a consensual need and place in
interface for this, it seems WONTFIX.

Those comments lead to WONTFIX status:

(In reply to comment #38)
> There is no need for any preference. It simply needs to be ensured that the
> link doesn't disturb page layout.
> 
> With the current float-right section-edit links this is problematic as that
> area is frequently home to floating info boxes or images.
> 
> If section-edit links are moved to the left margin (before header text) or
> inline after the header text, then where should the section-0 edit link go?
> 

(In reply to comment #12)
> [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add edit section 0]] and
> [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Edit Top]] are implementations of
> this. I would suggest marking the bug WONTFIX, as implementation details are a
> bit iffy, and it's probably better to leave it to the users to choose which 
> they
> prefer.

(In reply to comment #34)
> There will likely a large ammount of opposition if this is introduced into 
> core
> code by defualt, one solution would be to add it as a configuration variable 
> or
> preference - however they are already very overused. Another problem is the
> location of such a link, currently there are several skins and the link would
> have to find a different place in each, one solution would to just put it in
> the top right corner (or left in rtl mode) of the artcile - however if an
> infobox were being used that would look ugly.
> 
> Therefore I suggest that this be closed as WONTFIX because it can easily be
> added if someone wants to make their own skin, or via CSS\JS.
> 


(In reply to comment #15)
> Yarg, that was destined to send another bug to hell.
> 


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