https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51322
Web browser: ---
Bug ID: 51322
Summary: VisualEditor: Handle 'meta' templates better
Product: VisualEditor
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Data Model
Assignee: esand...@wikimedia.org
Reporter: esand...@wikimedia.org
CC: jforres...@wikimedia.org, roan.katt...@gmail.com,
tpars...@wikimedia.org
Classification: Unclassified
Mobile Platform: ---
Some templates are only used to include metadata, e.g. categories. In this
example
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashton_Agar&oldid=564224425&veaction=edit
the document starts with two such categories, producing linebreak characters,
with templates spanning 0 characters in between (accessible still be
cursoring). An uninitiated user may just decide to delete this whole line at
the the top, thus removing the hidden templates.
Perhaps we need to detect if a template contains no meaningful content and then
move it into the metadata so it can't be accidentally deleted. We'd also need a
UI for editing them though.
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are on the CC list for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Wikibugs-l mailing list
Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
