https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57506
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Bug ID: 57506
Summary: VisualEditor: If a link that doesn't have a pipe is
changed, the link target remains
Product: VisualEditor
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: MediaWiki integration
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Consider that you have an internal wiki link that doesn't use a pipe, for
example "[[Danzig]]". If you edit the page in VE and change the text from
"Danzig" to "Gdańsk" without using the link inspector the result will be
"[[Danzig|Gdańsk]]". See the history of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80/links-nopipe .
It is not obvious to the user what is happening - does the target or does it
not? The users may want to achieve one result or the other in different cases.
My own hunch is that users will more frequently want to change the target as
well, although that is just a guess.
If we have a reason to think that one behavior is far more common than the
other, then it should be the default. If we are not sure, than some more
indication about the target will be useful. The only ways to be sure before
saving are to check the diff to open the link inspector.
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