https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50747
--- Comment #16 from John Broughton <[email protected]> --- I just used the Cite news template in VE, via the mini-editor. That template has a number of "required" parameters. I added just a url (a non-required field), clicked "Insert citation", and the dialog closed, posting the citation to the main page. I also tested the Infobox person template, which uses the regular Template dialog. That template has one required parameter, "Name". I ignored that parameter, added another one, filled in the second one, and clicked "Insert template"; the dialog box closed. And the inserted template did *not* have a value for the one required parameter. So not only are "required" parameters not enforced by VE, but VE doesn't even *warn* the user that one or more required parameters are missing. That is quite unhelpful; it's a missed opportunity for VE to be *better* than the wikitext editor. (I note, in passing, that the marking of "required" fields is, let's say, *subtle* - an uncolored asterisk that doesn't have a tooltip. I hope that subtlety isn't one of the goals of the VE team.) At minimum, VE should display a warning (pop-up box) that says "One or more required parameters is missing". Then the user could choose either to click on "return to dialog" or click on "insert citation"; the latter would finish the dialog. And NO, Bug 60358 does not address *anything* about the templates creation process (as described above). Bug 60358 is about *editing* an existing template, which is a different thing. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
