https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43917
--- Comment #21 from Krinkle <krinklem...@gmail.com> --- The short version of the long story (that is partially outlined in previous comments by all of you) is that it: * Was never consistent to be begin with. * It has changed over time. So we can't reliably know now what to do with a message. You'd have to account for deployment dates for different wikis and assume a community member intentionally left a message override untouched knowing the new behaviour. More likely it was forgotten about and is actually still assuming the old logic. * It can vary by message whether it is blankable or disableable. If the code calls isBlank first (like Sitenotice) then it can be blanked with '' without leaving a gap in the interface because the feature checks it first. If the code calls isDisabled first, and then falls back or something, then it can be blanked with '' or '-' and it will use the default. However by far the default behaviour for the majority of messages is that if you create a local page, it replaces the message with that page. And if you put '' or '-' in it, it will appear as a gap in the interface. Either way, those pages are there with empty content for a reason, so it doesn't make sense to delete them en mass as part of this maintenance script. -- 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
