https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21645
Summary: Create a more specific warning when (re)uploading a file
is protected
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Uploading
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Currently, the warning that appears when you intend to upload a file, but you
mustn't do it, because the file is either protected [create=sysop] or
[upload=sysop], is [[MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext]] with the default being "This
page has been locked to prevent editing."
This is, however, not an ideal solution. Editing pages is something different
than uploading files and requires a different warning that the filename they
chose is protected from (re)uploading. For example, files and regular pages
sometimes have other processes how people can request changes to it. On
Commons, edits to non-file pages are requested by adding
[[commons:Template:Editprotected]] on the talk page. New uploads are requested
at [[commons:Commons:Requested updates to protected files]].
Furthermore, variables like {{FULLPAGENAME}} in sentences like "See the
[{{fullurl:Special:Log}}|type=protect&page={{FULLPAGENAME}} protection log] for
the protection reasons can't be used when uploading, as the pagename then is
[[Special:Upload]]. If such a new system message would contain a $1 parameter
being the filename protected from (re)uploading, this would be possible.
On Commons ([[commons:MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext]]), this is currently done by
finding out the {{FULLPAGENAME}} and to show a different warning when it's
"Special:Upload", which works. However, I think that this is an imperfect
solution, because: All other wikis still show the useless sentence "This page
has been locked to prevent editing.". The filename can't be found out, which
makes linking to it impossible, as noted above also. Complex parser functions
might make it more complicated for people to understand the message or to
change it. Having two different warnings for this, people wouldn't be confused.
I hope what I explained can be understood. Otherwise, feel free to ask what you
didn't understand. I'd be happy if you would be able to fix this. Cheers,
[[commons:User:The Evil IP address]]
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